11.In 1990, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA Act) was passed to prevent workers from being seriously injured or killed at work.
12.An illness or injury is considered work related if an event in the work environment contributed to, caused, or significantly aggravated a preexisting condition.
13.Employee wellness program are initiatives designed to increase company or employee performance or morale through improved employee health.
14.Wellness programs can address factors including healthy eating, smoking cessation, weight management, physical activity, and stress management.
15.Health assessment data allows wellness programs to be customized to best meet the needs of each individual.
16.Studies show that only large organizations can effectively implement wellness programs that meet employees’ needs.
17.Wellness incentives should punish employees for not engaging in healthy behavior or participating in wellness programs.
18.The best wellness incentive programs inspire long-term lifestyle changes so that the healthy behaviors continue when the incentives are reduced or removed.
19.Some wellness programs may violate state laws protecting employees’ off-duty conduct.
20.Stress is always bad, and the lack of stress is always good.
21.Functional stress is manageable levels of stress that generate positive emotions including satisfaction, excitement, and enjoyment.
22.Dysfunctional stress refers to an overload of stress resulting from a situation of lengthy under- or overarousal.
23.One of the best approaches to reducing job stress is asking managers to encourage and lead employees in stress relief activities such as walking.
24.Workplace bullying is a repeated mistreatment of another employee through verbal abuse, conduct that is threatening, humiliating, or intimidating, or sabotage that interferes with the other person’s work.
25.Workplace violence is any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the workplace.