I'm a manager at a small office and am starting to wonder if my employees' "sick days" are related to trouble at home. Is there

It has even been shown that issues at home will have consequences on attendance. Many people end up staying out because they’re so upset. And since stress does impact physical health, there are a greater number of resultant illnesses which then spikes up the insurance rates that the business has to pay out.

There is research that indicates that when relationship education is given in the work place, it actually helps the bottom line. Every year I attend a conference about relationships. There is always at least one session on how to approach businesses so that they are willing to have relationship education offered to their staff. Generally, it is advised to suggest “back door” ideas. In other words, the programs aren’t called relationship in nature and are presented as things like conflict or stress management. You might want to give one of these programs a try.