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Josephine Jackson Banks – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Background: Gallup (2013) reported that 30% of the U.S. workforce was not engaged in their work which means they were not reaching their full potential or productivity level. For organizations, lost productivity due to absenteeism or less than ideal performance at work impacts company performance and bottom line. Employee assistance programs are a…
Descriptors: Employee Assistance Programs, Counseling Services, Fringe Benefits, Mental Health Programs
Harrison, Mary Kate – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With the forthcoming retirement of school foodservice directors, the increasing pressures faced by employees at home and work, and the financial constraints of school districts, recruiting and retaining skilled and diverse employees will be challenging. Marketing work/life benefits to potential employees and supporting these policies to current…
Descriptors: Food Service, Hospitality Occupations, Employee Assistance Programs, Wellness

Taylor, G. Stephen; Holmes, Horace, Jr. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1990
Efforts of corporations to limit or ban smoking in the workplace have been generally unsuccessful. This article reviews the most common antismoking programs, including education, counseling and incentives, and proscriptive rules and policies. A multidimensional, broad-based smoking cessation program is then described. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Employee Assistance Programs, Health Education, Health Promotion
Caliguri, Joseph P. – 1987
Drinking problems among college faculty are discussed, and selective information is presented about alcohol abuse, employee assistance programs, adulthood stages, and futuristic changes in U.S. society. The idea that work obsession and alcoholism can be linked for university professors who have a high need for achievement is discussed. Enabling…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adult Development, Alcoholism, College Faculty
Sandhu, Daya Singh, Ed. – 2002
This book is divided into five major sections that focus on the various perspectives, needs, and concerns of employees in the workplace. Chapters include: (1) Work: Meaning, Mattering, and Job Satisfaction (K. M. Connolly); (2) Spirituality in the Workplace: An Overview (E. J. Looby and D. S. Sandhu); (3) Developing the Whole Employee: Some…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling, Counseling Theories, Disabilities
Kofodimos, Joan R. – 1995
Work-Family Programs (WFPs) are among the most popular and publicized workplace innovations of the 1990s. These programs are intended to alleviate employees' work-personal conflicts by addressing issues such as child care assistance, parental leave, elder care, flexible working arrangements, wellness and fitness, and stress management. The problem…
Descriptors: Employee Assistance Programs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Family Work Relationship
Kaiser, Jerry; Behrens, Ruth A. – 1986
This paper focuses on participation of labor unions in health promotion and health promotion programs. It begins by discussing labor unions' impact on today's work force. An overview of unions' historical concern for worker health serves as an introduction to consideration of the labor movement's current involvement in employee health. A look at…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Employee Assistance Programs, Health Activities
Jaffe, Dennis T.; And Others – 1986
This paper on designing and implementing a stress management program in the workplace begins by defining stress. A brief overview of the relationship of stress to health and personal style follows. The subsequent discussion of the relationship between stress and work focuses on these topics: work contributes to stress; stress affects work…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Coping, Corporate Education, Employee Assistance Programs
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1996
The competing demands of the workplace and the home have intensified over the last 25 years as the nation has experienced dramatic social and economic changes affecting businesses, employees, and families. In 1993, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to provide a national policy that supports families in their efforts to strike…
Descriptors: Dual Career Family, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employee Assistance Programs