The COVID-19 outbreak is the greatest global health crisis in many years. It has had a dramatic effect on workforces and workplaces all around the world, as it has spawned a massive change in the working atmosphere and raised the level of employees’ concerns about their mental health and...

Rationale: Many employers offer workplace health promotion (WHP) programs, such as smoking cessation programs and exercise facilities. There at least two possible economic rationales for employers offering these programs. First, they may offer them in an attempt to improve the health and...

Progressive, well-managed, responsible companies are primed to become prevention partners with the medical community. The business community needs the medical community to integrate wellness into the workplace. However, the medical community also needs the business community. Payers compensate...

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the physical and mental health challenges facing workers today, focusing particularly on the social, technological, and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delving into core perceptions of work culture, chapters also map out ways of...

This paper investigates the average effects of (firm-provided) workplace health promotion measures in form of the analysis of sickness absenteeism and health circles/courses on labour market out-comes of the firms' employees. Exploiting linked employer-employee panel data that consist of rich...

This paper investigates the average effects of (firm-provided) workplace health promotion measures in form of the analysis of sickness absenteeism and health circles/courses on labour market out­comes of the firms' employees. Exploiting linked employer-employee panel data that consist of rich...