Employee Wellness, Health, Safety

Right now, someone within your company may be accessing confidential corporate information either dishonestly or by accident. In the news, you read about well-known companies suffering the loss of sensitive corporate information at the hands of employees. HR departments often hold the key to valuable corporate and employee information, so the risk of data breaches presents unique challenges.

A brown bag lunch is an informal opportunity for employees to learn at work. A brown bag lunch is used to convey work information occasionally, but mostly serves to enhance employee knowledge about non-work or job specific issues and ideas. Find out more about brown bag lunches.

How does alcohol use affect your workplace? Thinking, not much? Think again. Alcohol use has a huge impact on workplace productivity, attendance, and employee turnover. Surprisingly, the workplaces most often affected by alcohol use are small- mid-sized employers. Find out more about the impact of alcohol use, symptoms of alcohol use, and how...

A national tragedy or a personal tragedy has a huge impact at work. And, workplaces can help people successfully weather the tragedy. They can ease the passage people experience during tragedy. They can help people deal with the helplessness and grief they experience during tragedy. They can provide a support system to help prop people up. Find...

Identity theft resulting from a corporate data breach is big news. The extensive media coverage and damage to the organizations and brands involved in recent data security breaches has brought identity theft detection and prevention to the forefront of corporate America's concerns.

In a drug-free workplace, the employer has taken steps and initiated policies to ensure that employees, vendors, and customers are not taking or using alcohol or drugs, selling drugs, or affected by the after effects of indulging in alcohol or drugs outside of the workplace during non-work time. Additionally, the goal of a drug free workplace...

To raise employee awareness of opportunities to save energy and contribute to a healthy work environment, form a green team at work. While debate exists about recycling and other aspects of environmentalism, a green team is motivational for employees who want to make a difference in their work environment. Find out more about what a green team...

Workplace wellness is a serious issue. With stress-related-illness and burnout becoming household words, you are increasingly looking for ways to keep your workforce happy, healthy and productive. David Granirer's humor insights tell you how.

Are you feeling blah about your life? Does boredom make you unmotivated and unexcited? Are you having a mid-life crisis? You can promote your personal growth and motivation to overcome this inertia. Here are ideas and tools that will help you explore personal growth, set new goals, choose motivation and get your life and work back on a course that excites, motivates and fills your life with joy.

Concerned about getting back in the workforce after a gap in your employment? You should be. The job market appears to have qualified candidates for most positions. Employers hate to be risky. How will your resume as a stay at home parent, with a ten year employment gap, stack up against those of people who have been racking up career...

Sometimes life throws us unexpected curve balls. When you get yours - and we all will at one time or another - how you choose to respond to it will set the course for the rest of your life. John Chappelear, author of "The Daily Six" says, "When I received my 'Gift of Desperation' I began to notice, finally, something was missing in my life significance." Learn more.

Have you experienced a job loss through a layoff or downsizing? Job loss and a job search are painful and upsetting for most people. Additionally, parents must tell family members about the job loss and mitigate their fears about the family, the income and the job search. Here are ten tips.

Employers have a legal obligation to provide a safe, disease-free workplace for employees. Consequently, you need to take proactive steps to prevent the potential spread of any contagious disease, including Swine Flu H1N1, in your workplace. Employers also need to address business continuity in the event that a Swine Flu H1N1 outbreak affects...

A very real, clear and present danger lurks just beyond the consciousness of most people who work together eight to ten hours a day, five to seven days a week. It is the potential for violent actions to occur in your workplace. Here's workplace violence examined.

People in workplaces around the world will remember September 11 as a day of tragedy, sorrow, remembrance, honor, and celebration. Here are ideas for commemorating and celebrating events of the tragedy.

The enemies of America and the free world depend upon our fear for their success. Fear is normal during war. You can, however, mitigate the impact of fear on both the individual and the workplace if you implement these actions and ideas.

Management Guide, John Reh, emphasizes ways to prevent workplace violence. Take a look at this excellent resource.

About.com's Deb Peterson, who writes about adult education, offers resources for life balance when you are trying to create a balance betweeen work, school, and your personal life.

Downloadable guidelines to many of the Federal publications related to the work of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration in the U.S. Department of Labor. These include an employee’s rights following a Federal inspection at a workplace.

Want to know how to respond to an employee's bereavement or grief? The employer can assist an employee to recover by sympathetic, caring treatment via coworkers. Find tips about how to deal with a coworker's bereavement and grief.