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	Thorpe Benefits \| Archive \| Presenteeism - What Is It? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		First, presenteeism can mean putting in excessive work hours as a perverse expression of commitment or a way of coping with nagging job insecurity.
		Presenteeism is often a response to job stress and overwork.
		British Telecom has tackled presenteeism head on, checking employee timesheets to identify where long hours are being worked and reminding staff that overtime is not acceptable.
	www.thorpebenefits.com /presenteeism.htm (1427 words)

	Your Workplace: Presenteeism - How Sneezes and Coughs Can Sicken the Bottom Line
		In fact, the practice of coming to work when you're ill, called "presenteeism," is a workplace trend that may be growing despite people's well-developed fears of catching the flu in a season plagued by a shortage of flu shots.
		In fact, presenteeism is costing companies as much as $150 billion per year in lost productivity, higher health-care expenses and cascading absences caused by contagion, according to a recent report in the Harvard Business Review.
		Among the steps employers can take to reduce presenteeism is encouraging senior managers to "walk the talk." (See Side Story.) Managers can show employees through personal example that it's okay to use sick days and vacation time and they can remind their employees about their benefits.
	www.westaff.com /yourworkplace/yw43_story.html (762 words)

	Eurofound: Working conditions - News update - Netherlands - Presenteeism among sick workers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Presenteeism is the feeling that one must show up for work even if one is too sick, stressed or distracted to be productive.
		The question on presenteeism was derived from Aronsson’s study: ‘During the last 12 months, did it happen that you went to work, even when you thought you should report sick?’ There were three response options: ‘no’; ‘yes, one time’; ‘yes, more than once’.
		Presenteeism was low among workers on a part-time contract with a low number of hours (eight hours or less per week), and also among workers who are satisfied with their pay.
	www.eurofound.eu.int /ewco/2003/12/NL0312NU02.htm (469 words)

	Presenteeism \| FindYourHope.com
		The health problems that result in presenteeism include such chronic or episodic ailments as seasonal allergies, asthma, headaches, depression, back pain, arthritis, and gastrointestinal disorders.
		An example of presenteeism might ibe an employee who suffers from depression and so is less able to work effectively.
		In a sense, presenteeism is the opposite of absenteeism, in which the employee does not come to work.
	www.findyourhope.com /Article/97780/Page_Article.aspx (170 words)

	Presenteeism Takes a Toll on Business and Employee Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Workers who sense a stigma attached to sick leave, for example, can level a real blow to your bottom line by infecting you or their co-workers with whatever ails them (thus multiplying time lost on the job).
		Further, in a study of 6,000 employees at three corporations, Yale researchers saw decreased job productivity as a result of workers’ reluctance to consider depression (which is common in the workplace and in cases of presenteeism) as a legitimate reason to take sick leave.
		"With a focus on reducing presenteeism, companies can begin to understand the indirect costs of health concerns, which are three to five times as high as the direct costs," said James Hummer of Whole Health Management.
	www.kcsmallbiz.com /2001/july/IF3_0701.htm (818 words)

	Presenteeism
		For allergies, presenteeism productivity losses accounted for as much as 82 percent and as little as 55 percent; for arthritis, it accounted for as much as 77 percent and as little as 35 percent.
		When other costs were added to productivity losses from presenteeism and absenteeism, including health and disability benefits, the costliest conditions for employers emerged as hypertension, heart disease and mental health problems.
		To obtain their figures, the researchers analyzed information from a large medical/absence database of about 375,000 employees, detailing insurance claims for medical care and short-term disability over a three-year period; they combined these data with findings from five published productivity surveys for 10 health conditions that commonly affect workers.
	www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/04/4.22.04/presenteeism.html (687 words)

	Word Spy - presenteeism
		She and Sam are typical of a workforce now motivated by presenteeism, the exact opposite of absenteeism: being at work when you should be at home, either because you are ill or because you are working such long hours that you are no longer effective.
		presenteeism — being at work when you shouldn't be, because although you are too tired or ill to be effective, you are too insecure about your job to stay away — is nearly as big a problem as absenteeism.
		To deal with the industry-wide problem of absenteeism, Saturn talks about "presenteeism" and the labor agreement ties some of the extra incentive pay to how often the worker is present.
	www.wordspy.com /words/presenteeism.asp (334 words)

	The CEO Refresher - Presenteeism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cary Cooper, professor of organizational psychology and health at Manchester University in the United Kingdom, is credited with coining the term presenteeism to describe the overwork and feelings of job insecurity resulting from downsizing and restructuring in the 1990s.
		AON Consulting describes presenteeism as “a relatively new term used to describe workers who remain on the job but who are not as productive as usual due to stress, depression, injury, illness or something as simple as a migraine headache.”
		Employers also have to re-examine absenteeism management programs.A study by Lancaster University in the U.K. shows how absenteeism management systems that set “trigger points” designed to clamp down on the use of sick days as “unofficial” holidays can have the unintended consequence of discouraging workers who are legitimately sick from staying home.
	www.refresher.com /!gslpresenteeism.html (1546 words)

	Occupational Hazards - Companies Urged to Combat "Presenteeism" During Flu Season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Millions of Americans could be at increased risk of catching the flu this season as a result of an unexpected shortfall in the availability of the flu vaccination and the rising threat posed by employees coming to work sick.
		According to the findings of the 2004 CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey, 39 percent of employers surveyed report presenteeism is a problem in their organization.
		Organizations that have low employee morale are at even greater risk of having sick workers on the job, with 52 percent of companies with poor or fair morale reporting presenteesim is a problem.
	www.occupationalhazards.com /articles/12547 (856 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| dummy \| Office hours: Presenteeism
		Presenteeism means the opposite of absenteeism, and is thought to be just as detrimental.
		It claims that pressure for long hours comes from the workforce, eager to shorten the working week in order to extend the number of hours which can be claimed as overtime.
		Some employers are starting to crack down on presenteeism, and actually specifying days of the week when nobody should be found at their desk after 5pm.
	www.guardian.co.uk /officehours/story/0,3605,543081,00.html (343 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / An epidemic of 'presenteeism'
		A particularly nasty little virus has taken down two members of my family and brought Senator Hillary Clinton to the floor in the middle of a speech.
		Presenteeism isn't an ideology, a doctrine, or any other ''ism." It's the opposite of absenteeism.
		Much more than presenteeism at work and absenteeism at home.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/02/06/an_epidemic_of_presenteeism (828 words)

	Who Really Showed Up for Work Today?: Cost of Presenteeism
		The study showed that for many conditions, the costs of presenteeism were far greater than other employer-related health care costs, such as absenteeism or health and disability benefits.
		For example, presenteeism due to headaches accounted for 89% of the total cost of productivity losses using average estimates and 49% using low estimates.
		When other costs were added to losses from presenteeism, absenteeism, and health and disability benefits, the most expensive condition for employers was high blood pressure, with an annual cost of $392 per employee per year, followed by heart disease ($368), mental health problems ($348), arthritis ($327), and allergies ($271).
	whoshowedup.blogspot.com /2004/11/cost-of-presenteeism.html (325 words)

	Workplace Presenteeism: How Behavioral Professionals Can Make a Difference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I'm referring to "presenteeism," a term used to describe employees who are physically at work but not fully productive.
		To be more explicit, presenteeism is the productive time lost due to real health problems and distractions — not the unproductive time employees spend reliving their weekends or plotting the next football pool.
		Depression, which is one of the leading drivers of workplace presenteeism, often co-occurs with illnesses ranging from chronic back pain to the common cold.
	www.manisses.com /bht/ISSUES/2005/1Feb/32.htm (353 words)

	Onsite Healthcare: Presenteeism
		This is preferable to having unhealthy workers lowering work group productivity, increasing their risk of more serious illness, passing their illnesses to other workers and undermining employee morale”.
		Presenteeism describes the employee who “is present, but not fully accounted for”.
		For example, presenteeism due to chronic conditions; such as migraines, allergies and back pain can add up to 15, 20 or even 30 times the costs of absenteeism.
	www.onsitehealthcare.com /presenteeism.html (172 words)

	With Flu Vaccination Scarce, Companies Should Take Special Steps to Combat 'Presenteeism' This Flu Season, Says CCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Presenteeism is a problem for employers not only because of employees' lowered productivity, but issues of contagion to an otherwise healthy workforce.
		Organizations that have low employee morale are at even greater risk of sick workers on the job, with 52 percent of companies with poor or fair morale reporting presenteeism is a problem.
		Organizations that adhere to traditional sick day policies, and take disciplinary action to enforce them, may be making it difficult for employees to do the right thing.
	www.forrelease.com /D20041013/cgw039.P2.10132004095608.25771.html (1090 words)

	PersonnelZone Direct: Here in body but not in spirit, Tim Ablett, Chief Executive of FirstAssist, explores the latest ...
		The overriding definition of presenteeism is 'the feeling that one must show up for work even if one is too sick, stressed or distracted to be productive; the feeling that one needs to work extra hours even if one has no extra work to do*.
		According to Cooper, "The phenomenon of presenteeism is another dangerous symptom of the explosive degree of pressure in the workplace."
		And as an aside but not to be forgotten, as a country in a state of 'full employment', a sense of insecurity is growing amongst employees who are increasingly reluctant to stay away from work for fear of how it might affect their position.
	www.fsiuk.com /WebSite/WebWatch.nsf/ArticleListHTML/BF1E0817B9F3C2F680256FE100474142 (1192 words)

	Sick but yet at work. An empirical study of sickness presenteeism -- Aronsson et al. 54 (7): 502 -- Journal of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The primary aims of this study are to examine the extent of sickness presenteeism
		A substantial excess rate of sickness presenteeism was found in care and welfare and education sectors.
		There is also high sickness presenteeism among certain occupational groups in the education sector.
	jech.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/54/7/502 (4697 words)

	Briefing: Presenteeism is the human resources jargon for a work culture ... -- 318 (7185): 3 -- BMJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Briefing: Presenteeism is the human resources jargon for a work culture...
		) --> "Presenteeism" is the human resources jargon for a work culture that fosters long hours, despite the resulting detriment to business, families, and individuals.
		But according to a report in IRS Employment Trends (1999;674:2), adopting formal written policies such as flexitime and paternity leave does little in itself to change things for the better.
	bmj.com /cgi/content/full/318/7185/S3-7185 (189 words)

	Perfect Labor Storm: Presenteeism
		Presenteeism isn't about pretending to be ill to avoid work or surfing the Internet when you should be preparing a report.
		Presenteeism is productivity loss resulting from real health problems.
		Fact #278: The total cost of presenteeism in the United States is more than $105 billion a year.
	hrblog.typepad.com /perfect_labor_storm/2004/11/presenteeism.html (160 words)

	Newswise
		Economists have coined a new word to describe the productivity-loss problem: presenteeism.
		Researchers at the Cornell University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies (IHPS) and the health-information firm Medstat estimate that companies' on-the-job productivity losses from presenteeism are possibly as high as 60 percent of the total cost of worker illness -- exceeding the costs of absenteeism and medical and disability benefits.
		Goetzel notes that presenteeism losses are so high that they bring down the share of dollars attributable to employee outpatient care to just 11 percent of companies' total health costs, compared with 40 percent when only direct medical benefits are considered.
	www.newswise.com /articles/view/504380 (733 words)

	CNN.com - Presenteeism more than a health risk - Dec 29, 2004
		Rising company healthcare costs may be linked to "presenteeism," a recent study suggests.
		"Presenteeism" may sound like just another business buzzword but studies are beginning to show that it poses more than a health risk.
		There was a study at Bank One, the U.S. bank, that found that on an annual basis the cost of lost productivity of presenteeism was more than $300 million a year.
	www.cnn.com /2004/BUSINESS/12/29/presenteeism.health/index.html (577 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Don't worry: be poorly, study says
		Researchers at Cornell University in the US have completed a rare study* into the economic effects of working while ill, or "presenteeism".
		After looking at 375,000 workers, the authors found that presentees cost their employers $255 (£144) a year.
		Indeed, the study suggests that, among 10 common complaints, presenteeism accounts for 61% of the total costs - medical expenses and lost output - accruing to the employer.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/3653219.stm (283 words)

	Go Ahead, Call In Sick -- It Prevents 'Presenteeism' - Los Angeles Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		CCH Inc., the Illinois-based human resources information firm that conducted the poll, said 48% of employers last summer said presenteeism was a problem in their companies — up from 39% in 2004.
		This may explain rising presenteeism rates because a bad cold combined with a child's bout of bronchitis can quickly drain an employee's sick-leave account, said CCH analyst Tulay Turan.
		UCLA business school professor David Lewin thinks cutting presenteeism will depend on the example that employers themselves set by staying home when they are sick.
	www.latimes.com /business/la-fi-sick29nov29,0,6264927.story (968 words)

	‘Presenteeism’ an employer headache all its own
		But the price of “presenteeism” is a productivity headache all its own.
		Part of the emerging jigsaw puzzle of presenteeism was addressed in a study released last April by the Cornell University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies (IHPS) and the Michigan-based health information firm, Medstat.
		The study found that companies’ on-the-job productivity losses from “presenteeism” are possibly as high as 60 percent of the total cost of worker illness—exceeding the costs of absenteeism and medical and disability benefits.
	www.indiana.edu /~ocmhp/100804/text/work.shtml (347 words)

	Flu kits battle infection from 'presenteeism' @ workopolis.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As flu and cold season advances, offices throughout the country are seeing a rise in "presenteeism" -- workers showing up sick and infecting co-workers.
		One company is offering portable infection control kits for employees who go to work with the flu.
		No part of this article may be reproduced or republished or redistributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.
	sympaticomsn.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20041217/CANOTE17-5 (130 words)

	Who Really Showed Up for Work Today?: Pitney Bowes Indicates Annual Presenteeism Costs Exceed $51 Million
		We came across an early (2002) article that provides some good quantitative data on presenteeism costs at one of America's best known companies.
		Benefitnews.com - Information for HR and Benefit Directors and other Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors and Advisers: "Pitney Bowes enlisted the assistance of the Center for Work and Health to conduct a productivity audit to find the cost drain.
		Company officials were shocked to see they'd lost $51.7 million (the equivalent of 1,477 full-time employees) annually in lost production time due to conditions commonly associated with presenteeism, including nearly $10 million associated with cold and flu alone.
	whoshowedup.blogspot.com /2004/12/pitney-bowes-indicates-annual.html (379 words)

	deseretnews.com \| On-job 'presenteeism' often worse than absenteeism
		In fact, it said, "presenteeism" may be even worse.
		Economists use presenteeism to describe the loss of productivity from employees who go to work while suffering from a variety of medical complaints.
		The Cornell study says companies' on-the-job productivity losses from presenteeism are possibly as high as 60 percent of the total cost of worker illness — exceeding the costs of absenteeism and medical and disability benefits.
	webserver.desnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595085574,00.html (637 words)

	Weekly Lesson for Living: Presenteeism
		Now, there is a newly identified problem, related to stress and depression, which can drive costs even higher.
		Presenteeism is the phenomenon of employees showing up to work when they're too distracted, tired, or ill to be productive.
		A recent study of work priorities found 26% of employees surveyed saw just being "present" on the job as an acceptable goal.
	www.lessons4living.com /wmaz_week178.htm (294 words)

	Deseret News (Salt Lake City): Responses to 'presenteeism,' brushing with Shrek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		To refresh your memory, the word presenteeism is used to describe the loss of productivity from employees who go to work while suffering from medical problems.
		I only hope that all the local employers read the article on 'presenteeism' so that they will realize the impact that coming in sick can have on their business."
		If you have a financial question, please send it to me by e-mail at gkratz@desnews.com or by regular mail to the Deseret Morning News, P.O. Box 1257, Salt Lake City, UT 84110.
	www.zinkle.com /p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20040905/ai_n11472406 (685 words)

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