Absence from work
- Costs rise with increasing BMI
- Diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol impact costs
- Insomnia, a huge economic burden
- Excess health risks contribute to employer costs
- Rheumatoid arthritis associated with high employer's health costs
- Obesity increases medical and absenteeism costs
- Painful medical conditions raise the cost of employees' medical claims
- Medical claims proportional to employee health risks
- High-risk health status associated with raised healthcare costs
- Excessive sleepiness impairs health and productivity
- Insomnia predicts future sick leave
- Fatigue-related lost productive time associated with high financial losses
- Major depression and chronic pain linked to absenteeism
- Productivity-related costs seriously impact full cost of health conditions
- BMI linked to short-term disability and lost work days
- Health-related productivity costs high for smokers
- Job performance associated with health status of employees
- Absence rates and duration rise with number of risk factors
- Bipolar disorder associated with high absence-related costs
- Economic impact of presenteeism exceeds direct medical care costs
- Obesity leads to lost productive time
- Pain cripples work place performance
- Health risk status and on-the-job productivity strongly linked
- Pain leads to drop in productivity and financial losses
- Poor sleep contributes to declines in productivity
- Strong link between health risks and absence costs
- Four or more health risk factors double risk of absenteeism
- Health risk status influences employee compensation costs
- Lack of exercise linked to raised illness-related absence
- Medical conditions impair work performance
- Obesity directly increases absenteeism
- Employee wellness programs provide excellent ROI
- Workplace wellness program can generate savings and reduce absence
- Activity interventions can improve health, absence rates and stress
- Health risks and productivity improve with health promotion
- On-site fitness center ups staff productivity and reduces absence
- Small cuts in health risk lead to large savings
- Work-based health promotion has strong positive financial impact
- Wellness program coupled to positive changes in productivity
- Health promotion scheme associated with reduced absenteeism
- Short-term disability absence cut by health promotion strategy