As per the employer’s health plan the cost involved in substance abuse treatment might be less, but the drug and alcohol problems cost the United States approximately $276 billion per year. Most of these expenses are produced due to lost work productivity related to substance abuse (including absenteeism and poor job performance) and health [...]
by Sean on December 28, 2009
As of now, in every organization there are computers and Internets. And if your employee is using internet for his personal use and you may not want your employees using company equipment for their own use but could be in a situation where you haven’t found a way to effectively manage this policy.
If you have [...]
by Sean on October 12, 2009
Everyone has sympathy towards disabled people and some organizations works for betterment of disabled person’s living standards. Different disability awareness programs are conducted for solving the misunderstandings of employers having in employing disabled but the perception of employers has not changed. Some special programs are created by some organizations for increasing the disability awareness. Lack [...]
Though employee drug testing has many benefits, the program has always been controversial between employers and employees. One of the more controversial employment practices is the testing of job applicants and employees. It might be the privacy issues or accuracy issues, but employee drug testing isn’t liked by many people, especially the employees. And this [...]
by Sean on October 16, 2008
The claims of unemployment benefits are reported to reach record numbers. The increase in mass layoffs and the decreased hiring in firms all over the country has peaked the number of people turning to the federal offices asserting the unemployment benefits.
According to the Labor Department, the claims of unemployment insurance have reached the 4.78 million [...]
by Sean on September 7, 2008
In organizational development, the related field of Training and Development (T & D) deals with the design and delivery of learning to improve performance, skills, or knowledge within organizations. In some organizations the term Learning & Development is used instead of Training and Development in order to emphasize the importance of learning for the individual [...]
by Sean on April 16, 2008