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Marrow, Alvin J. – 1993
In planning for the 1989-90 academic year, Hazard Community College's Employee Professional Development Committee recommended and gained approval for a wellness program that would assist all employees in reducing stress and becoming more physically fit. Similar to fitness programs in the business sector, the wellness program utilized community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employee Assistance Programs, Health Programs, Health Promotion
Sleet, David A. – 1986
Cited as the largest single cause of lost work time and on-the-job fatalities for U.S. workers, motor vehicle crashes cause major nonrecoverable losses for U.S. businesses. Workplace programs to encourage employees to wear safety belts can thus help employers reduce traffic accident-related losses of work time and can substantially reduce the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employee Assistance Programs
Eriksen, Michael P. – 1987
When employees develop cancer, businesses bear not only the direct medical costs of the disease, but also the indirect costs associated with lost work time, disability payments, loss of a trained employee, and retraining. Research has confirmed that aggressive prevention and screening programs can be, and indeed are, effective in limiting the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cancer, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness
Knadler, Gary F.; And Others – 1987
Because sedentary living creates health consequences that ultimately affect employees' productivity, many companies are sponsoring worksite physical fitness programs for their employees. The cost-effectiveness of such programs and the resulting reduction in employees' absenteeism rates and medical and health care costs have been well documented.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employee Assistance Programs