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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
The Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW) submitted a comment letter to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) calling for further changes to be made to the proposed rule on the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records, 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 2 (Part 2). In addition to its own comment letter, ABHW was joined with a robust list of other stakeholders, (including EAPA,) united in their support for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy standards to apply to substance use disorder records. Read the letter.
Science Daily
The results of the ground-breaking SALOME research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry, show chronic heroin addiction now has another effective treatment tool – hyrdomorphone, a licensed pain medication. "The findings of the SALOME researchers shine a new light on how we can help people with heroin addictions," said Health Minister Terry Lake.
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Healio
Researchers at the University of Minnesota recently assessed the effect of a workplace flexibility program on workers' job satisfaction, perceived stress, psychological distress and burnout. "We found that the initiative did improve the mental health of employees a full year later, and this was true for both men and women in terms of job satisfaction and burnout. However, women especially benefited through reduced stress and reduced psychological distress," Phyllis Moen, PhD, professor of sociology and lead author of the study, told O&P News.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration recently said it will decide in the first half of 2016 whether marijuana should be reclassified under federal law. The agency gave no indication what its decision will be, according to The Huffington Post.
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Los Angeles Times
According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, bullying at work means "repeated, health-harming mistreatment of a person by one or more perpetrators. It is abusive conduct that is: threatening, humiliating, or intimidating, or work interference or sabotage which prevents work from getting done, or verbal abuse." The organization further notes, "it is driven by the bully's or perpetrator's need to control the targeted individual." A study by Career Builder identifies bullies as peers as well as managers and sometimes even higher-ups in the organization. Researchers have documented significant consequences of being bullied at work such as sleeplessness, ulcers, severe mood swings, anxiety, panic attacks, clinical depression, migraine headaches, relapse of previously controlled addictions and even post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Phys.Org
People in the workplace may adjust their behavior to break stereotypes about themselves or match the stereotypes of others — even if it means playing dumb or giving the cold shoulder, a Princeton University study finds.
The study, published in the Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, shows that managers play down their competence to appear warmer to their subordinates while the subordinates hide their own warmth in an effort to appear more competent.
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Central Penn Business Journal
Opioids, or prescription medication such as morphine and oxycodone, are responsible for an estimated $55.7 billion a year in costs related to healthcare, the workplace and criminal justice, according to a new report.
The epidemic has sparked changes at the state and federal level, including tighter guidelines on prescribing pain pills. But it also raises an uncomfortable question for employers: what happens when employees are found abusing drugs, whether they come forward on their own or fail mandatory drug tests?
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Fresh Business Thinking
Workers in the U.K.'s most stressful, inactive and unproductive industries are losing up to 27 days a year, according to a Britain's Healthiest Workplace.
The survey of nearly 33,000 employees found that while poor diet, alcohol and cigarettes have a severe effect on long-term health, it is stress and physical activity which have biggest impact on day to day productivity.
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Employer Benefit News
Benefit managers and HR professionals are always striving to cultivate high engagement and open communication between the organization and employees. To create such a culture, employers agree that it boils down to trust.
"Trust is a really serious business," Marisa Stoltzfus, a talent development partner with Great Place to Work, said recently in San Diego.
Trust is a two-way street, and one big step in attaining that trust is by having a transparent environment.
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The Huffington Post
Every year, many businesses are forced to spend billions of dollars on costs associated with workplace injuries and illnesses. These costs are directly deducted from the company’s profits, often putting them at a loss. It is no secret that companies, who promote and encourage a culture of safety within their work environment, reduce the costs associated with workplace injuries and illnesses by up to 40 percent. Unfortunately, establishing a healthy and safe work environment is not as simple as solely implementing standards and rules.
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The Advertiser
Drug screening tests in the workplace can have accuracy rates below 85 percent, medical research shows.
This credibility gap is putting workers at risk of a false "positive" test result which puts them at risk of losing their job and the stigma of being branded a druggie. And it is a warning to workers and businesses as increasing numbers of employers are using screening for illicit drugs such as cannabis, amphetamine or opiates as a safety measure for staff and customers.
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