Employment experts say that a happy workplace is a healthy workplace, filled with the productive individuals and efficient teams that contribute to a robust bottom line and positive corporate culture.
Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. An unhealthy workplace is a less-productive workplace burdened with medical costs and less-satisfied workers.
Just looking at recent data related to diabetes, one of the most prevalent chronic conditions afflicting U.S. adults, confirms this: Employers spend an average of $9,975 annually for individuals diagnosed with diabetes (more than 30 percent of such costs are associated with absenteeism and disability, according to one study). Diabetes is responsible for 15 million absent work days, 120 million work days with reduced productivity, and 107 million work days lost due to condition-related unemployment, nationally.
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