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- Did you know that the modern workplace has become the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., proving just as lethal as second-hand smoke?
- Have you ever wondered which common management practices are silently destroying employee health and how some companies are successfully reversing the trend?
- What if you could uncover the hidden link between corporate culture and life expectancy to create a workplace that actually keeps people alive?
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Key Takeaways from Dying for a Paycheck
- Discover why workplace stress is the fifth-highest cause of death in the United States, claiming 120,000 preventable lives annually and costing billions in healthcare.
- Understand how investing in employee well-being creates a win-win situation, where fair wages and mental health support actually lower corporate healthcare costs and boost productivity.
- Find out why layoffs are a lose-lose scenario that drastically increases employee mortality rates, while simultaneously hurting company morale and failing to fix underlying business issues.
- Recognize the deadly link between employment and healthcare in the US, where a lack of employer-provided insurance accounts for 85,000 preventable deaths each year.
- Learn how the gig economy and the expectation to be constantly online are fostering hazardous work conditions that severely degrade workers' physical and mental health.
Dying for a Paycheck — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Stressful workplaces can harm our health, but it doesn’t have to be this way now.
Chapter 3: The toll of workplace stress in the United States is appalling; it’s the fifth-leading cause of death today.
Chapter 4: Layoffs create a lose-lose scenario for both employers and employees alike.
Chapter 5: The U.S. health insurance system leaves millions uninsured, exacting a heavy human cost overall.
Chapter 6: Letting employees control their work, together with social support, enables them to thrive fully.
Chapter 7: No one should die for a paycheck; we can do far more to prevent this happening.
Dying for a Paycheck Summary & Overview
Dying for a Paycheck (2018) reveals that 120,000 American die every year because of work-related health issues. This makes work the fifth leading cause of death in the United States – and as dangerous as second-hand smoke. But things could be different, as a number of companies have demonstrated. Backed up by hard facts and the author’s years of expertise, Dying for a Paycheck presents timely solutions for a pressing issue.
Who Should Listen to Dying for a Paycheck?
- CEOs and managers looking to improve employees’ health
- Employees looking to understand how work affects their well-being
- Policymakers wanting to implement positive change in American workplaces
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