Rubber protector

Safety inspection

A working fire extinguisher

Rules and regulations

While only about 300 workers receive disablement benefit for industrial dermatitis every year, there may be between 15,000 and 60,000 new cases of this condition every year.

These figures are gross underestimates of the true incidence of occupational ill-health.

According to UK official statistics, every year about 2000 lives are lost through occupational disease or injury, about 20,000 major industrial injuries occur (e.g. skull fracture, loss of sight) and there are about 200,000 injuries resulting in a work disability of 3 days or more.

Every year, about 10 million of the 150 million workers in the European Community are affected by incidents,” accidents” or diseases at work.

We are now focusing on the adverse effects of work on health, although the positive effects of appropriate work on health and well-being are no less important.

Work is an important determinate of health. It can influence health positively or negatively.

Benefits system

What types of sports do you like watching or playing?(Why?)

Do you think companies should provide sports facilities for their staff?(Why?)

What problems do staff usually have when they are under the burden of a heavy workload?

Do you ever feel overworked?(Why?/Why not?)

While the free health clinic costs $1 million to operate, it is $500 000 less than the costs the company would realize if employees were treated elsewhere.

For example, it is estimated that SAS turnover rate is 4 percent compared to the industry norm of more than 20 percent per year.

Not really. It is shrewd business operations.

Are companies providing these services to look good to the community or because they are financially successful?

Coca-Cola found that employees who participated in wellness and exercise programs used fewer sick days and tended to be more productive on their jobs.

The company also offers an exercise physiologist to help employees suffering from stress.

Employees who don’t have the energy to prepare meals after a long or difficult workday can take home a prepared meal.

Cigna Insurance Company offers employees the option of placing take-out meal orders with the company chef.

Many companies provide benefits that help employees cope with the stresses and demands of balancing work and nonwork.

SAS provides a free health clinic as well as an eldercare program that helps employees locate nursing care facilities for aging parents.

SAS employs a full-time ergonomics specialist to select office furniture that will reduce physical stress and strain.

At each of its 20 buildings at its 200-acre campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, SAS Institute provides coffee break rooms stocked with free soda, fresh fruit, M&Ms and pastries.

A number of companies use nontraditional benefits and perks to help employees cope with stress.

These illnesses translate into higher benefits costs for the company as employees more frequently use health care benefits.

They also recognize that stress can result in stress-related illnesses, such as high blood pressure, ulcers, and fatigue.

Managers know that stress is a barrier to motivating the workforce.

Perks and Fitness: No Longer a Nicety but a Necessity

Get off the treadmill

Annual leave

Take up a hobby

Childcare vouchers

Nutritious refreshment

Have easy access to

Work through lunch

Athletic ability

Locate a contract

Be susceptible to

Turnover rate

Exercise physiologist

Aging parents

Locate nursing care facilities

Eldercare program

Health care benefits

High blood pressure

How to Deal with a Heavy Workload