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Addiction and mental health issues are one of the most significant occupational health challenges, reports Profit.
Addiction costs the economy billions of dollars annually, with the majority caused by lower productivity and workplace absences.
Read: How HR can help with substance abuse
“When it comes to tackling these issues, employers would be wise to take a page from the Armed Forces’ playbook, which has long recognized the need to support treatment for its members,” says Profit. “For the Forces, a clear moral responsibility is augmented by a basic fiscal reality: recruitment is costly, and keeping members healthy makes good economic sense.”
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