Nov. 17, 2008

Workforce Management

Changing Hearts and (Anxious) Minds

The financial crisis of the past few months has ratcheted up economic anxiety among American workers to severe levels, experts say. A recent poll by employee assistance program provider ComPsych found that 92 percent of employees say financial worries are keeping them up at night. Such stress can affect businesses in the form of employee health problems, retention troubles and decreased productivity.