Businesses Should Help To Stop Abuse
By Mary Pepper / Chair, New Mexico Coalition for Healthy Families
PUBLISHED: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 12:05 am
Over the last few weeks, the Albuquerque Journal’s devastating front-page news of the death of children saddens everyone.
What went wrong? How could we have saved these children?
The reality is that businesses can play a huge part in preventing these horrific situations. Businesses can provide “relationship and parenting educational programs” for their employees. These “preventative models” will benefit our families, our communities and also the bottom line for businesses: productivity and profits. Research shows a direct connection between the relational health of its employees and the overall well-being and productivity of the company. Failing familial relationships contribute directly to lost productivity. The converse side of the coin is also true, that workers who are mentally, spiritually, and physically stable contribute enormously to positively impact company success.
According to David H. Olson, Ph.D., and Matthew D. Turvey, Psy.D., who co-authored “Marriage & Family Wellness: Corporate Americas Business?,” the development and implementation of active, ongoing family relationship policies are crucial to build, maintain and strengthen couple, parent-child, and other family relationships.
Over 90 percent of all Americans will marry at some point in their lives, while 50 percent of these marriages will dissolve in divorce. The failing relationship and its complexities wreak havoc on the mental and physical health of the employee. This is reflected in high absenteeism, elevated stress and anxiety, working below par, alcoholic problems and/or high blood pressure. These mental and physical health issues cost employers money due to lower productivity, higher incidents of accidents and missed time from work.
When an employee experiences a divorce, a company loses at least two years of real productivity. An employee who is married and has a stable, healthy relationship is physically and mentally more productive at work, has a lower rate of absenteeism, and lower health care cost for the company.
What can companies do to promote and encourage healthy personal relationships for their employees? They can offer marriage and relationship educational programs to their employees. This might include a monthly speaker, a two- to three-hour short course on relationship skills, and/or a daylong retreat. Their employee assistance programs structure could be focused on aligning their goals with marriage, family and relationship issues that directly impact the company’s bottom line. These ideas are but a few ways in which 21st-century companies can increase their profits. Stable relationships at home result in productive employees at work.
Get your bucks working for the good of the family, our communities and for the good of your company. Let’s save the lives of our children!
By Mary Pepper / Chair, New Mexico Coalition for Healthy Families
PUBLISHED: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 12:05 am
Over the last few weeks, the Albuquerque Journal’s devastating front-page news of the death of children saddens everyone.
What went wrong? How could we have saved these children?
The reality is that businesses can play a huge part in preventing these horrific situations. Businesses can provide “relationship and parenting educational programs” for their employees. These “preventative models” will benefit our families, our communities and also the bottom line for businesses: productivity and profits. Research shows a direct connection between the relational health of its employees and the overall well-being and productivity of the company. Failing familial relationships contribute directly to lost productivity. The converse side of the coin is also true, that workers who are mentally, spiritually, and physically stable contribute enormously to positively impact company success.
According to David H. Olson, Ph.D., and Matthew D. Turvey, Psy.D., who co-authored “Marriage & Family Wellness: Corporate Americas Business?,” the development and implementation of active, ongoing family relationship policies are crucial to build, maintain and strengthen couple, parent-child, and other family relationships.
Over 90 percent of all Americans will marry at some point in their lives, while 50 percent of these marriages will dissolve in divorce. The failing relationship and its complexities wreak havoc on the mental and physical health of the employee. This is reflected in high absenteeism, elevated stress and anxiety, working below par, alcoholic problems and/or high blood pressure. These mental and physical health issues cost employers money due to lower productivity, higher incidents of accidents and missed time from work.
When an employee experiences a divorce, a company loses at least two years of real productivity. An employee who is married and has a stable, healthy relationship is physically and mentally more productive at work, has a lower rate of absenteeism, and lower health care cost for the company.
What can companies do to promote and encourage healthy personal relationships for their employees? They can offer marriage and relationship educational programs to their employees. This might include a monthly speaker, a two- to three-hour short course on relationship skills, and/or a daylong retreat. Their employee assistance programs structure could be focused on aligning their goals with marriage, family and relationship issues that directly impact the company’s bottom line. These ideas are but a few ways in which 21st-century companies can increase their profits. Stable relationships at home result in productive employees at work.
Get your bucks working for the good of the family, our communities and for the good of your company. Let’s save the lives of our children!
