Shift work provides some unique problems for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It’s not for everyone, but there are a lot of good points to talk about working a compressed or alternate work week, and ways to manage the added health challenges.
Post-Offer and Pre-Employment testing showed an 18 to 1 cost savings, in the Journal Work.
A 33% injury rate was reported when pre-hire applicants are not screened v. a 3% injury rate when screened, according to a study in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
In a study of 18 different industries, a 68.2% reduction in work injuries was reported when functional testing is implemented.
The average cost per injury was reduced from $1433 to $322 with a properly implemented post-offer and pre-employment testing program, according to the Journal Spine.
