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At Risk: Poor Indoor Environmental Quality Poses Risks To Business Owners: The World Health Organization estimates that up to 30 percent of all new and remodeled buildings worldwide have significant Indoor Environmental Quality IEQ deficiencies. According to the Environmental Protection Agency EPA, medical costs for serious illnesses caused by indoor air pollution total more than $1 billion annually while lost productivity...; Tags: Lost Productivity, Pollution, Marsh; White papers 2005-06-06
Is Your Office Designed for Maximum Productivity?: Is your office design helping you get the most out of your staff? Recent research has shown that the typical business focus on office costs rather than aesthetics could cost employers big in lost productivity -- to the tune of $330 billion annually. But even simple changes can help create...; Tags: Lost Productivity, Workplace, Microsoft Office, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-10-02
Were You Late to Work This Morning?: Come on, admit it: Some of you read this headline and experienced a jolt of recognition. Many, if not most, of us have straggled in late on occasion. But is it really that big a deal? Some would argue yes. Employee lateness that's not recorded costs hundreds...; Tags: Lost Productivity, Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CC Holland; Blog posts 2009-02-17

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Employee Internet misuse is costing U.K. businesses GBP9.6 billion a year in lost productivity!: M2 PRESSWIRE-21 August 2001-Websense: Employee Internet misuse is costing U.K. businesses GBP9.6 billion a year in lost productivity! C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21082001 Internet misuse is costing U.K. businesses more than GBP9.6 billion annually* in lost productivity, according to employee...; Tags: INTERNET, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., U.K., Websense Inc.; Research articles 2001-08-21
The global market for web filtering solutions - latest findings by Frost & Sullivan; Threat of lost productivity and exposure to legal liability boost profitability of web filtering offerings.: M2 PRESSWIRE-31 July 2003-FROST & SULLIVAN: The global market for web filtering solutions - latest findings by Frost & Sullivan; Threat of lost productivity and exposure to legal liability boost profitability of web filtering offeringsC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07312003 The...; Tags: Frost & Sullivan, INTERNET, MARKETING, security, Web; Research articles 2003-07-31

Social Networks Blamed For $2.25B In Lost Productivity: Short stretches can really accumulate. Did you know, for instance, that if someone comes back from lunch nine or ten minutes late every day, he or she will take the equivalent of free week of paid vacation per year? And similarly, one IT services and technology company believes social networking...; Tags: Facebook, social networking, Twitter Inc., Hitwise, Morse Plc.; News items 2009-10-26
How Workplace Workouts Can Pump Up Productivity: Is your staff feeling sluggish? Has there been a rash of sick days lately? Is your team complaining of low energy, stress, or just not feeling excited and engaged about work? Maybe it's time to whip them into shape. Many employers are paying new...; Tags: Workplace, Employee, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CC Holland; Blog posts 2009-07-16
Introducing a Productivity Initiative: In a company where good, solid, and effective managerial processes exist already, many of the techniques for improving productivity should be easy to incorporate. Though technical capabilities are crucial, implementing new systems can be expensive and often lead to drastic reductions in productivity. Employing innovative managerial techniques is a cheaper...; Tags: BNET Editorial, Management, Productivity, Team Management, Staff, Employee, Team, Technique; Articles 2008-01-30
Wausau Insurance's Multiline Productivity Poll found that most companies that have integrated multiple lines of insurance with one commercial insurance carrier have seen significant savings in productivity with almost 75% of these respondents experiencing: Wausau Insurance's Multiline Productivity Poll found that most companies that have integrated multiple lines of insurance with one commercial insurance carrier have seen significant savings in productivity with almost 75% of these respondents experiencing a savings of at least 4% annually on their overall risk management program. Two-thirds saved at...; Tags: Wausau Insurance Co.; Research articles 2005-05-01
New Tool Looks At Employee Absence.(Liberty Life Assurance Company's productivity calculator)(Brief Article): Liberty Life Assurance Company, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has announced development of the "Lost Productivity Calculator," a Windows-based tool that provides employers with estimates of the cost of all employee absences. Whil Liberty Life Assurance Company, a member of the...; Tags: absence, Liberty Mutual Group, tool; Research articles 2000-03-06
Seattle Productivity and Sales Suffer During Winter Storms According to Informa Research Services: CALABASAS, Calif. -- Two-thirds of Seattle companies lost productivity and 40 percent say sales suffered because of this winter's weather, according to Informa Research Services. "Let it be over," quipped one executive. "Let's just have spring come back." The biggest loss of productivity was in construction, manufacturing and...; Tags: Informa SA; Research articles 2007-01-23
Surfing the Net at Work Boosts Productivity, Study Says: The Find: Think employees who surf the web during work hours are slackers? Not at all, claims new research; they're actually about nine percent more productive than those that don't. The Source: A study out of the University of Melbourne, via the NY Times' Freakonomics blog. ...; Tags: Facebook, University Of Melbourne, Coker, Internet, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2009-04-06
How to Keep 'Web Stress' From Lowering Your Productivity: I was pulling my hair out recently when CBS Interactive's version of WordPress -- which I use to write this blog -- was down. I was trying to get a post published, but the Web app wasn't responding. While I cursed at my screen, my stress level rose, I lost...; Tags: Web, Web Application, Computer Associates International Inc., Cloud Computing, CC Holland; Blog posts 2009-07-20
Productivity and the Three-Martini Lunch: Watch the AMC series "Mad Men," and you'd think that workplace boozing was key to productivity. Well, the three-martini lunch may be a thing of the past, but boozing and work still go hand-in-hand in many office cultures. From the company holiday party, to the monthly beer-bash,...; Tags: Workplace, Beverage, Alcohol, Marin Institute, Recruitment & Selection, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Michael Mattis; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Cycle Time Reduction Gives Life to Productivity: Manufacturers that can't deliver on time won't keep their customers happy or keep them at all. This reality is all the more reason why small and mid-sized manufacturers need to get their products into customers' hands as quickly as possible. Often, however, bottlenecks in the production process make this impossible....; Tags: Inbound Logistics, Manufacturer, Manufacturing; White papers 2003-01-01
Turnover And Lost Productivity: Links To Weak Hiring Practices: Employee turnover in organizations result in loss of productivity. The paper argues that employee turnover can be attributed to poor hiring practices prevalent in an organizations. Many a times hiring managers fail to ascertain the capability of the candidate to do the job. This results in making a wrong hiring...; Tags: Hiring, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2004-03-17
Workplace Bullying: A Management Primer: Workplace Bullying: A Management Primer What Constitutes Bullying? Common wisdom used to be that...; Tags: Workplace, Employee, Health Care, Health Cost, Robert Rice, Hirschfeld, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adam L. Penenberg, Bully, Bullying, Bob Sutton, Gary Namie, Workplace Violence, Harrassment; Articles 2008-10-20
How We (Don't) Cope With Snow in Britain: It snowed in Britain yesterday. You'd have had to have been under a big rock for the past 24 hours to have missed the fact. Reporters, probably delighted to be covering something other than bankruptcies and jobless figures, revelled in every snow pun, while other countries sniggered at our inability...; Tags: Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2009-02-03
Guy Vs. Guy: Shutting Down Your PC at Night: Money Saved or Productivity Lost?: Welcome to Guy Vs. Guy! In this recurring feature, Rick and Dave square off on the business and technology issues of the day. This weekâ€™s topic: turning PCs off at night. Can a business really save thousands of dollars annually, or does this "green" effort actually cost money? ...; Tags: PC, Minute, Worker, Rick, Dave, Desktops, Hardware, Rick Broida; Blog posts 2009-03-31
Dealing with Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace: Drug and alcohol abuse is a serious workplace issue. Of the 16.7 million illicit drug users aged 18 or older, 12.4 million (74.3%) were employed either full or part time, according to the U.S. government. More than one in three (38%) workers between the ages of 18 and 25 are...; Tags: workplace, substance, alcohol; Articles 2007-03-27