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Upper Management Personnel Put Into Operation A Lot Of Programs To Help Reduce The Costs Related To Poor Employee Work Performance
Christine is a fifty-four-year-old woman who is the top administrator in the HR department at a large steel fabricating company. In order to lower the costs linked to increasing absenteeism, employee alcoholism and alcohol abuse, excessive sick days, poor employee work performance, and work related injuries, Christine and the other company leaders instituted numerous programs that made the work atmosphere substantially more safe, more productive, and healthy.
For instance, fourteen years ago Christine and the other VIPs put into operation an Employee's Assistance Program so that all the employees had access to quality psychological counseling for their personal problems that could adversely influence their health, personal well-being, and their work performance.
As another example, roughly six-and-a-half years ago Christine and the other company leaders constructed an avant-garde exercise and workout room complete with a professional trainer during business hours, many different types of exercise equipment, mirrors, exercise charts, weights, and scales.
As another example, around two years ago, Christine and the other members of top management launched a "Weight-Watchers" class that at this moment in time meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30 PM until 5:50 PM. In addition, upper management signed up a weight-loss healthcare professional to manage the program.
In the last eleven months, in a joint venture with the Employee's Assistance Program, Christine and the other company executives implemented an "Anger Management" class for workers who want to learn how to better cope with their anger issues.
In the last four-and-a-half months, Christine and the other VIPs put into operation a drug and alcohol testing program that is related to their alcohol and drug abuse prevention program. Indeed, Christine is the primary person in the company responsible for getting the message out to all the employees about the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program as well as the drug and alcohol testing program.
Another relatively recent enhancement to the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program is a class entitled "Alcohol Statistics and Facts." The reasoning behind this alcohol statistics facts class is that several individuals do not appreciate the total impact of the effects of alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse without first getting exposed to some of the alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse statistics and facts that are available. As a consequence, one of the objectives of this class is to provide various alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction facts and statistics in order to help workers gain a better understanding of the multitude of issues that are correlated with abusive and irresponsible drinking and how they can avert these difficulties from taking place.
Most recently, Christine and the other members of top management, via suggestions from employees, developed a class that focuses directly on severe drinking entitled "What is Alcoholism"? This class meets every Friday morning an hour-and-a-half before work and focuses predominantly on the differences between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency, on some of the fundamental differences between statistics on alcohol abuse and statistics on alcoholism, and on the kinds of counseling that are available for people who have alcohol drinking problems such as individuals who drink in an abusive manner.
Although every single one of these health and preventative maintenance programs was anything but low-cost, upper management personnel think that they are several thousands of dollars ahead by providing all of their workers with a healthy, safe, and more productive working situation.
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