Chronic Illness & the Workplace

By the numbers: How widespread is chronic illness?

August 12, 2010

How widespread is chronic illness and invisible disability? How much does it cost?

Family doctors and the cost of waiting

June 30, 2010

Family doctors are the foundation of health care, but in Canada and the United States it can take a long time to see one.

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The Trillion Dollar Problem

June 22, 2010

Chronic illness costs over a trillion dollars a year in lost productivity. How much is a trillion dollars?

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Defining chronic illness in a few letters

June 8, 2010

Chronic illness is now our biggest heath care issue. In a few letters I’ll show you how we can define it, and why we’re not ready for it.

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Seven ways to improve employee wellness and break the stigma of chronic illness

June 2, 2010

Breaking the stigma of chronic illness at work and improving employee wellness starts with these seven steps.

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Business and employees suffer when illness is kept a secret

May 19, 2010

Reducing presenteeism and making work a better place for everyone. Being open about illness has many advantages.

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Employee confidentiality, secrecy and stigma

May 11, 2010

Is treating illness as something to be kept secret in the workplace the right thing to do? Does the stigma of secrecy feed a culture where chronic illness is viewed as some sort of character flaw? Where does confidentiality and privacy become an excuse to ignore something we don’t wish to acknowledge?

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How do I tell my prospective employer I’m sick?

April 27, 2010

When and how should you tell your employer that you are sick with a chronic illness. Also what to do when you are interviewing for a new job. Should you tell your prospective employer you are sick?

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Ten ways to spot a high performer

April 1, 2010

Ten ways to identify a high performer in the workplace, and why flexibility is your best management tool when dealing with them.

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How to manage people when you are sick

March 23, 2010

Managing people is difficult. Successful managing is even tougher when you are ill. But there are ways to manage your department so that it runs smoothly even when you can’t always give it a hundred per-cent attention.

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