Up to 18% of the workforce falls into the “troubled” category at any time. After all, what is the likelihood of anyone navigating a lifetime without encountering a serious personal problem or crisis?
• The National Council on Compensation Insurance reports that 11% of Worker Compensation claims for occupational disease are for stress, making stress the single biggest safety and health problem in the workplace and the most widely shared by workers at all levels. • The American Psychiatric Association estimates that depression afflicts 9.4 million, or 2 of every 10, Americans. • Personal and psychological problems account for or contribute to 61% of absenteeism, 65%-85% of employee terminations, and 80%-90% of workplace accidents. • According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 25% of the annual salary of alcohol / drug abusers is lost. Compared to non-abusing co-workers, these employees: • Up to 67% of the expense associated with turnover, absenteeism, accidents and over-use of health insurance is attributable to employees troubled by personal problems. While it may seem like yet another expense tugging at your straining purse strings, consider the words of a prominent member o
