OBJECTIVE Examine effects of voluntary participation in employer-sponsored, multipoint wellness education programming on employee wellness. METHODS A randomized and controlled design was used to organize 96 participants into an education + access group; an access-only group, and control group. Outcome measures were made at start and end of a 12-week intervention period. RESULTS Education + ...

Behavior analysts in human service agencies are commonly expected to train support staff as one of their job duties. Traditional staff training is usually didactic in nature and generally has not proven particularly effective. We describe an alternative, evidence-based approach for training performance skills to human service staff. The description includes a specific means of conducting a beha...

Following a brief overview of alternative Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), this article proposes a comprehensive model of care for emergency service personnel. The pivotal element of the multilayered model is the Peer Support Officer (PSO) component providing early support to ambulance personnel following exposure to potentially traumatic events. After initial recruit training, peer support...

Abstract At the time of commonplace automation, robotization and rapid development IT, high qualifications employees have become critical element every industry system. This follows from their limited availability, frequently costs procurement possible employee absenteeism. Moreover, concept Industry 4.0 will transform current into knowledge employees. is due to fact that hard routine tasks be ...

This work-in-progress concerns the investigation of a real-world problem of scheduling catering and house keeping workforce in the hospitality industry. The corresponding author of this paper has been involved in a consultancy project with the problem owner for the past 8 months. The application problem described in this paper belongs to the category of problems known to operations research spe...