From Employee Benefit News.
Toxic workplaces override wellness efforts: Stanford professor
Health and wellness programs are virtually meaningless if a workplace culture is bad, according to Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University’s graduate school of business. Speaking during the annual Great Place to Work conference in New Orleans, Pfeffer said that unhealthy workplaces can cause up to 125,000 employee deaths each year and add up to $130 billion in excess annual company costs.
Click here to read the entire article, which was written by Michael Giardina. (4/2014)