USA WORKPLACE
November 1st, 2003
BY MONICA DOBIESUB-PAR job performance due to pain, rather than absenteeism, costs US employers more than US$60 billion per year in lost productivity, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).Headaches were the most frequently cited medical condition causing problems at work, followed by back pain, foot pain, arthritis and other joint and muscle aches. Menstrual pain and toothaches were excluded from the research.The pain-cost study suggests that companies are guilty of false-economies by not offering treatment for ...
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