The result: massive drops in productivity, study reports.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Absent on the Job: To capture hearts and mind, managers often must confront
an alarming problem: Their employees are using lots of time at work trying to
sort out myriad personal legal problems. According to a study by insurance
company Arag Group, about 70 percent of employees grapple with at least one
legal issue during a 12-month period. Companies are losing out in productivity.
On average, employees spend 57 work hours struggling with legal woes. One in
four employees say worrying about legal difficulties degrades their job
performance.
Most often, employees are beset by caring for family members, restoring bad
credit, child-custody disputes, consumer fraud, buying homes, estate planning
and other personal obligations, according to Des Moines, Iowa-based Arag’s
survey of 1,000 full-time U.S. employees.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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