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Presenteeism Only Tends To Emerge When Employees Fall Behind Expectations

The Horizons Tracker

The concept of presenteeism obviously took on a new light during a pandemic in which infecting our colleagues took on life-changing meaning. Presenteeism is widely associated with a range of workplace problems, including productivity loss, burnout, and impaired workability. A costly problem.

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Evaluating Individual Performance From Within A Team

The Horizons Tracker

There’s a classic paper, Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization, that talks about something as simple as two people moving cargo onto a truck. The hypothesis being tested was that managers instinctively pay attention to presenteeism and use that to distinguish individual performance within each team.

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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

Leading Blog

According to a recent study, employees suffering from depression cost employers more than $44 billion per year in lost productivity, with over 81 percent of that decreased productivity coming in the form of presenteeism, or the practice of going to work despite illness or anxiety and commonly resulting in reduced productivity.

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From Burnout to Balance: Nurturing Mental Health in the Workplace

HR Digest

Employees who are happy with their jobs are more likely to stay with the organization, reducing turnover rates and associated costs. A healthy workforce is less likely to experience absenteeism, presenteeism (when employees come to work but are not fully productive due to illness or stress), and work-related injuries or illnesses.

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Protecting Employees from Burning Out: Wellness in the Workplace

HR Digest

According to WellSteps , the cost of “presenteeism,” or poor productivity despite being at work, costs 2-3 times more than what one might spend on direct health care expenses. With no time to rest and recover, a small illness often turns into a prolonged health condition, affecting their health and their ability to work.

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The sun never sets on the English Empire, nor does it set on yours.

CO2

The Many Costs of Sleep Deprivation. In a Harvard study of four companies, sleep deprivation cost between $3,156 and $2,500 a year in lost productivity per employee. Presenteeism. ” Service, clerical and other office occupations showed a particularly high degree of presenteeism.

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The Real 800-Pound Gorilla of Presenteeism

Harvard Business Review

In October, 2004, Harvard Business Review published an article entitled "Presenteeism: At Work — But Out of It." But what he missed was the real 800-lb gorilla of presenteeism: untreated sleep-disordered breathing. Given its prevalence, untreated sleep-disordered breathing is driving healthcare costs sky high.