An employee wellness program has, as a main goal, the promotion of health and wellness among the employees of the enterprise. The programs often encourage awareness of health-related issues, improve morale, and times many times strive to reduce cost of healthcare throughout the corporation
Published in Chapter:
Where Does Work End and Home Life Begin?
Zane L. Berge (University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA), Cassie Bichy (University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA), Candice Grayson (Greater Baltimore Medical Center, USA), Anthony Johnson (University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA), and Stephen Macadoff (Community College of Baltimore County, USA)
Copyright: © 2009
|Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch348
Abstract
Many years ago, it was a commonly held belief that technology would improve industries and service professions, which means that people could work shorter hours and their employers would make just as much money. Essentially, this is the central myth of modern capitalism. Modern technologies are the shackles that bind today’s employees to their jobs long after they get home from work. Beginning in the 1990s, technology made working from home possible for a growing number of people. At first this was perceived as the era of great things to come. At home, many people had personal computers connected to their corporate network. It quickly became clear that telecommuting and the rapidly proliferating “electronic leash” of cell phones made work inescapable in the 24/7, on-demand work accessibility (Curry, 2003).