Hiring a smoker could cost business owners nearly $6,000 extra per year. That was the finding of a recent study comparing the cost of employees who smoke with nonsmokers, published in the peer reviewed journal Tobacco Control. This cost includes increa

It's been said that "health is wealth," and it's becoming more evident to employers that the opposite is also true. According to the Workforce Wellness Index, unhealthy behaviors among the U.S. workforce cost employers annually a total of in

Most of us have heard the expression "Breast is best" when it comes to breast-feeding and the health of an infant, but financially savvy business owners might be able to add "for business" to that slogan.U.S. Department of Labor Statistics data