Harvard Webcast: Health in the American Workplace — Are We Doing Enough?

by | Jul 15, 2016 | Business Case

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Earlier this week we reported that “a new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll finds that more than four in ten working adults (44%) say their current job has an impact on their overall health, and one in four (28%) say that impact is positive.”

Now, the webcast has been posted: “A panel of experts in workplace culture and public opinion took on the concerns most expressed by employees – as well as described lessons learned from employers that cultivate healthy environments – to see if there are feasible measures to produce a more accessible, supportive, healthier workplace.”

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Written By Laura McKenzie

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