Healthier Workforce Center

This episode of Workplace Matters looks at the research of the Healthier Workforce Center’s researcher, Dr. Jon Davis.

Jon utilized the National Violent Death Reporting System to look specifically at work-related suicides. The findings provide insight into why work-related suicides happen and how the workplace can make a positive impact.

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Worker 360 Award Application Now Open

The Nebraska Safety Council, along with the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce, and the Healthier Workforce Center, announces a new award designed to recognize regional businesses with integrated safety and wellness programs. The Worker 360 Award is open to all business and organizations in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri.

'Recovery Friendly Workplaces' are breaking the stigma of drug rehabilitation

The economic burden of drug addiction is immense. Research from the Missouri Hospital Association put the nationwide economic cost of the opioid crisis - attributable to overdose deaths and individuals with opioid use disorder - at $685 billion in 2017, or 3.5% of GDP.

Healthier Workforce Center Annual Report

The 2021-2022 Annual Report for the Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest highlights successes from the first year of a five-year funding cycle.

Through the continued collaboration of researchers, practitioners, intermediary organizations, and employers throughout the region, the Healthier Workforce Center (HWC) pursues the vision;

to create a safe, healthy, and productive workforce.

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