Compliance with the Service Contract Act (SCA), now referred to as the Service Contract Labor Standards, is a challenge for many companies. Understanding applicability, wage determinations, health and welfare benefits, and...more [Webinar] Benefit Plan Changes in Light of COVID-19 - June 11th,...
Site safe and your health - a guide to health and welfare practices for the site team
However, Kosovo has limited welfare benefits and available social capital. Therefore, targeting the poor through the upcoming compulsory health insurance scheme should be a priority. The concept of catastrophic health expenditures is considered a risky choice to invest in one's health, as are all ...
consumption of ready-made meals, number of main meals per day, and BMI. The food index, developed by the Swedish Food Agency and the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, intends to capture food intake relevant from a public health perspective with questions that are easy to answer [...
Bridging the gap between academic studies and more popular publications, trauma-oriented, neuroscience-based information focuses on the neurobiology of distressing events and the subsequent detrimental impact they can have on social functioning (Child Welfare Gateway 2009). Early trauma has been found to...
Rice and Cooper [16] stated that "the value of human life, expressed in terms of lifetime earnings, is a fundamental tool for economists, program planners, government administrators, and others who are interested in measuring the social benefits of investments in specific programs" (p.1954). ...
A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found those in remote areas were less likely to have a regular general practitioner and more likely to perceive geographical isolation as a barrier to seeing a specialist [19]. Both the higher prevalence of risk factors and lower ...
The risks associated with IR may be difficult to anticipate and may be very context-specific. The benefits of IR may not accrue to the same groups who participate in the research, therefore justifying the risks versus benefits of IR may be ethically challenging. The expectation that knowledge ...
(aside from that which relates to personal investments, etc.) is restricted to welfare benefits and state pension entitlements. But it can be noted that there are job sectors with staff shortages that may be open to older workers who want to return and have the right skills or are willing ...
2.1. Health claims and purchase intention Extrinsic attributes such as health claims (i.e., statements on the product presenting the benefits of some nutrients on the individual’s health) (European Commission, 2006), known also as credence attributes, are those characteristics the quality of which...