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University of Maryland School of Social Work
The University of Maryland School of Social Work’s Office of Continuing Professional Education and Masi Research Consultants will offer the
"International Online EAP Certificate Program" beginning on Jan.14, 2019. Some of the topics covered include: History of EAPs; EAP Core Technology; Legal Issues and EAP Marketing & Account Management. For more information, read the flyer. Register here.
The National Law Review
This month, a federal court in Connecticut granted summary judgment to a job applicant after an employer refused to hire her because she tested positive for marijuana in a preemployment drug test. Although the decision — Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Company, LLC, d/b/a Bride Brook Nursing & Rehab Center — has immediate implications for Connecticut employers, it has long-term implications for employers operating in states with medical marijuana laws like New York and New Jersey.
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International Employee Assistance Digital Archive
The International Employee Assistance Digital Archive, located at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, is celebrating its fifth anniversary. With over 4,000 visitors to the website, the online EA collection boasts more than 3,000 unique contributions, submitted by over 250 authors. The Archive is a free, publicly accessible repository where independent individuals can submit journals, original papers, newsletters, historical documents, photos, and multi-media pieces related to the EA field. LEARN MORE.
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Medical Xpress
Selena Scola worked as a public content contractor, or content moderator, for Facebook in its Silicon Valley offices. She left the company in March after less than a year. In documents filed recently in California, Scola alleges unsafe work practices led her to develop post-traumatic stress disorder from witnessing "thousands of acts of extreme and graphic violence."
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University of Oxford via Medical Xpress
New research from an international team led by Oxford University's Department of Zoology and the National-Kapodistrian University of Athens, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), shows that an ancient retrovirus — HK2 — is more frequently found in drug addicts and thus is significantly associated with addiction.
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Forbes
A staggering 87 percent of employees worldwide are not engaged. Employee engagement is sometimes referred to as the holy grail for today’s business leader, and for good reason. According to Gallup, a highly engaged workforce means the difference between a company that outperforms its competitors and one that fails to grow. It is a matter of life or death for a business.
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Ashley is a nationally recognized non-profit leader in the integrated, evidence-based treatment of substance-use disorders. Ashley’s expert staff implement a comprehensive and personalized program for each patient that integrates a full spectrum of medical, clinical, and holistic treatment methods. Our mission-everything for recovery because recovery is everything.
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Human Resources Director
Mental health in the workplace may seem like another buzzword topic — but many employers ignore it at their peril. Fostering a psychologically health and safe workplace should be an organizational priority, not just because it’s ethically the right thing to do, but because it’s an investment well spent.
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Yale News
Some heavy drinkers suffer intense withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop drinking — some, less so. A new Yale-led international study of individuals with alcohol dependence has identified gene variants that may help explain why “detox” from alcohol is particularly difficult for some people. The researchers report their findings Sept. 25 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, the official journal of the Research Society on Alcoholism.
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