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Fact
#56
25% of employees caring for elderly relatives have changed
jobs due to caregiving responsibilities
Fact
#57
39% of caregivers reported being distracted at
work
Fact
#58
22% of caregivers had considered quitting
Fact
#59
14% of caregivers have quit. Source: Family and
Work Institute
Fact
#60
Caregiving costs employers $17 billion a year or
$2500 per caregiver per year, including time missed
from work and the cost of replacing those who quit to
care for relatives
Source:
MetLife Healthcare 1999
Fact #61
The age group between 35 and 54 - the so-called Baby Boomers - has increased from 41 percent in 1975 to over half of U.S. workers in 2003. Source: BLS
Fact #62
Between 2000 and 2030, the U.S. population will grow by 26%. Source: BLS
Fact #63
The 65 and over segment of the population will grow by more than 80%. Source: BLS
Fact #64
The ratio of entry-level wage earners to retirees has fallen from 9 to 1 in 1955 to 4 to 1 in 1995 and will fall to 2 to 1 in 2020. Source: Hudson Institute
Fact #65
Nearly all of the 24 million people who will stop working this decade will be experienced employees headed into retirement. Source: The Kiplinger Letter, May 17,2002
Fact #66
Active adults (adults over 60) account for 60% of all healthcare spending. Source: Agelight
Fact #67
Active adults purchase 70% of all prescriptions. Source: Agelight
Fact #68
Active adults purchase 51% of all the over-the- counter drugs. Source: Agelight
Fact #69
Although only 13% of the population is 65 and older, they account for 36% of the total national healthcare expenditures, 36% of hospital admissions, and 50% of all days in the hospital. Source: Committee for Economic Development
Fact #70
The total expenditures for health care from the age of 65 until death:
Death at 65: $ 31,181
Death at 90: $200,000
Source: Committee for Economic Development
Fact #71
American businesses spend $61 billion a year on Alzheimer's Disease. Source: "Alzheimer's Disease: The Costs to U.S. Businesses in 2002"
Fact #72
This amount is equivalent to the net profits of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies. Source: "Alzheimer's Disease: The Costs to U.S. Businesses in 2002"
Fact #73
Lost productivity of caregivers accounts for $36 billion. Source: "Alzheimer's Disease: The Costs to U.S. Businesses in 2002"
Fact #74
Healthcare and research accounts for $24.5 billion. Source: "Alzheimer's Disease: The Costs to U.S. Businesses in 2002"
Fact #75
The number of people with Alzheimer's in the workplace will explode from 4 million today to 14 million in the next 50 years.
Source: "Alzheimer's Disease: The Costs to U.S. Businesses in 2002"
Fact #76
In 2000, 26.7 million women ages 15 to 44 were childless, 44% of the women in that age group. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Fact #77
In 1990, 24.3 million women ages 15 to 44 were childless. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Fact #78
Percentage of women who worked during pregnancy: Source: U.S. Census Bureau
1961-65: 44.4%
1991-95: 66.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Fact #79
Percentage of women who returned to work within six months after first child:
1961-65: 13.7%
1991-95: 52.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Fact #80
Percentage of women who worked during pregnancy and then quit job:
1961-65: 62.8%
1991-95: 26.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Fact #81
Forty percent of workers plan to change jobs within the year (2004)
Resource: careerbuilder.com - survey of more than 1900 US workers Nov 18-Dec 4, 2003.
Fact #82
For the first time since tracking began 20 years ago, U.S. women outnumber men in higher paying, white collar managerial and professional occupations. . . Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicates that, as of Nov. 30, women represent 50.6 percent of the 48 million employees in management, professional and related occupations. In 1983, the first year the government began recording gender data for its occupational statistics, women accounted for 40.9 percent of managers and professionals.
Fact #83
16 percent of adult Americans have at least one tattoo, believing the body art makes them feel sexier, more rebellious and even, in some cases, more intelligent. Source: Harris Interactive
Fact #84
Nearly one in five Americans speaks a language other than English at home, a surge of nearly 50 percent during the past decade. Most speak Spanish, followed by Chinese, with Russian rising fast. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Fact #85
In California, nearly 12.5 million people - 39.5 percent of those 5 and older in the state - spoke another language.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Fact #86
The retail industry spends $2,379 for each new hire. Source: Staffing.org
Fact #87
Between 600,000 and 700,000 associates walk out the door at Wal-Mart each year. At $2,379 per hire, that's $1.4 billion each year that Wal-Mart spends on replacing employees. Source: Workforce Magazine, Feburary 2004
Fact #88
Wal-Mart's workforce is 1.5 million worldwide, three times the size of the U.S. Army. Source: Workforce Magazine, Feburary 2004
Fact #89
Wal-Mart expects to expand its workforce to 2.3 million within a few years. Source: Workforce Magazine, Feburary 2004
Fact #90
A 20 percent reduction in turnover at a 5,000 employee firm results in a cost savings of $1 million to $5 million annually.
Source: Workforce Magazine, February 2004
Fact #91
The proportion of bachelor's degrees awarded to women reached a post-war high in 2003 at an estimated 57 percent. Source:Employment Policy Foundation
Fact #92
The gender gap is even greater among Hispanics women and men-- only 40 percent of that ethnic group's college graduates are male -- and African Americans, who are now seeing two women earn bachelor's degrees for every man. Source:Employment Policy Foundation
Fact #93
Within the next 10 years, 18 million jobs will require individuals with baccalaureate degrees. At the current level of graduations, we will have a shortfall of 6 million. Source:Employment Policy Foundation
Fact #94
In 2000 1.56 million U.S. residents ages 16 to 19 were not high school graduates AND not enrolled in school. Source:Employment Policy Foundation
Fact #95
50 percent of the U.S. population ages 16 to 65 are functionally illiterate. Source:Employment Policy Foundation
Fact #96
The cost of job stress to businesses is estimated at $200 billion per year. Source: Integra
Fact #97
A recent Integra survey found that 12 percent of employees have called in sick, as a result of stress. Source: Integra
Fact #98
One in five employees has quit a job because of job stress. Source: Integra
Fact #99
Depression Costs US Employers More Than $23 Billion Per Year Due to Absenteeism and Reduced Productivity.
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Fact #100
On an average work day, 14 people will be killed on the job and more than 10,000 will be disabled. This staggering figure is equivalent to a major airline crash every two weeks! Many of these accidents are linked to job stress and depression.
Fact #101
Only one in ten workers has a clear line of sight between his or her task and company goals. Source: Stephen Covey and Harris Interactive
Fact #102
Only 50 percent of employees feel they follow through with discipline on their key priorities. (What would you pay a taxi driver who spent only 50% of the time trying to reach your destination?)
Source: Stephen Covey and Harris Interactive
Fact #103
The cost of replacing a senior executive averages two to five times his or her annual salary.
Source: Training and Development, February 2004
Fact #104
17 percent of employees are actively disengaged from their job - they don't see the link between their performance and company profitability. Source: U.S. Employee Engagement Index
Fact #105
By 2010, nearly 30% or 765,000 of our nation's public school teachers will retire.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Education
Fact #106
99% of all workers perform some reading-related work each day; to keep pace on the job they 113 minutes a day. Source: Adult Literacy Survey
Fact #107
50% of the U.S. population, ages 16-65, are functionally illiterate. Source: Adult Literacy Survey
Fact #108
52% of high school graduates lack the basic skills required to do their jobs adequately; only 25% are considered to have excellent skills. Source: Adult Literacy Survey
Fact #109
The U.S. ranks among 156 countries in literacy. Source: Adult Literacy Survey
Fact #110
The estimated yearly cost of illiteracy due to non- productivity, crime and loss of tax revenue is $225 billion.
Source: Adult Literacy Survey
Fact #111
In the United States, four of every 10 people in the work force will be older than 45 in just two years. By the end of this decade, one of every five employees will be older than 55, according to the AARP Global Aging Program.
Fact #112
Twice as many people older than 50 have college degrees as did 20 years ago, according to a report by the AARP.
Fact #113
By the year 2050, there will be 2 billion people older than 50 in the world, compared with 600 million today, according to the AARP Global Aging Program.
Fact #114
In 2050, people older than 50 will rise to 21 percent of the worldwide population, up from 8 percent today, while the percentage of children will decline to 20 percent, from 33 percent today, according to the AARP Global Aging Program. By the middle of this century, there will be more older people than children on the planet for the first time in human history.
Fact #115
Out-of-pocket health costs average 19 percent of income for persons 65 and older, according to the AARP. Medicare beneficiaries without Medicaid coverage spend 49 percent of their total income on health care.
Fact #116
Obese employees are twice as likely to be absent 14 or more times per year. Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #117
Paid sick leave associated with obesity costs employers an estimated $2.4 billion per year. Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #118
25% of obese workers under-perform because of infirmities related to their weight. Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #119
Obesity is associated with 39 million lost work days. Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #120
Obesity is associated with 239 million restricted activity days. Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #121
Every year, between 280,000 and 325,000 suffer premature deaths related to obesity. Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #122
An estimated one-third of Americans do no exercise at all. Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #123
20.9 percent of the U.S. Adult population is obese; in 1991, only 12 percent of the population were obese. Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #124
Obesity costs U.S. companies an estimated $12.7 billion annually. (National Business Group on Health)
Fact #125
The total costs to society from obesity are estimated to be as high as $300 billion.
Source:HR Magazine, March 2004
Fact #126
Forty percent of U.S. workers plan to leave their current job within the next five years.
Source = Accenture
Fact #127
58 percent will leave because of the lack of opportunities for advancement.
Source = Accenture
Fact #128
30 percent will leave to work for a different boss or management team. Source = Accenture
Fact #129
Twenty-seven percent said they would stay in their current jobs if they received better or more training, but more than half (51 percent) of all respondents said that their employers are not providing training to expand their skills.
Source = Accenture
Fact #130
58 percent of more than 5,000 respondents said that they "may" or "definitely" will start looking for a new job if the economy improves. Source = AOL survey
Fact
#131
99% of all workers perform some reading-related work
each day; to keep pace on the job they read 113 minutes
a day.
Fact #132
50% of the U.S. population, ages 16-65 are functionally
illiterate.
Fact
#133
52% of high school graduates lack the basic skills required
to do their jobs adequately.
Fact
#134
Only 25% of high school graduates are considered to
have excellent basic skills.
Fact
#135
The estimated yearly cost of illiteracy due to non-productivity,
crime and loss of tax revenue is $225 billion.
Source = Adult Literacy Survey
Fact
#136
Alzheimer's disease is costing American businesses $61
billion a year, double the amount just 4 years ago.
Fact #137
$36 billion per year is lost in worker productivity
by caregivers needing to leave work or being distracted
on the job. Source: Training, October 2002
Fact #138
Half of all people who suffer from carpal tunnel sundrome
miss 30 or more days of work per year.
Fact #139
The average cost per employee with carpal tunnel syndrome
is more than $13,000 per case.
Fact #140
More than half of carpal tunnel syndrome cases are not
work related.
Source = Workforce, September 2002.
Fact #141
Employee fraud is on the rise, soaring from $400 billion
in lost revenue for U.S. businesses in 1996 to an estimated
$600 billion in 2002
Fact #142
The majority of employees who steal--68.6 percent --have
no prior criminal record.
Fact
#143
Of those who steal, males make up 53.5 percent versus
46.5 percent females who have a high school education
or less
Fact #144
As the employee's education level rises, the incidence
of theft declines: 56.9 percent of thieves have a high
school education or less, 32.7 percent have a bachelor's
degree, and 10.4 percent have a postgraduate education.
Source: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Fact #145
On a per-company basis, one out of every 30 employees
was apprehended for theft from their employer in 2002.
Source = CHC Forecast Inc.
Fact #146
Of the approximately 12.3 million illicit drug users
in the United States, 77% are employed.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Fact #147
For every 1000 employees, there are 84 problem drinkers.
Fact #148
For every 1000 employees, there are 453 lost workdays
due to sickness, injury, and absence as a result of
problem drinking.
Fact #149
For every 1000 employees, there are 417 work days of
lowered productivity.
Fact #150
The cost of alcohol-related problems costs each business
$56,686 in work days lost to sickness, injury and accidents.
Source: Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems, George
Washington U.
Fact
#151
A national survey by Rutgers' Management Education Center
of 4,500 high school students found that 75 percent
of them engage in serious cheating.
Fact #152
More than half of the high school students have plagiarized
work they found on the Internet.
Fact #153
Fifty percent of those responding to the Rutgers' survey
said they don't think copying questions and answers
from a test is even cheating.
Fact #154
Fifty percent of college professors admitted to overlooking
cheating at least once.
Fact #155
Thirty percent of all college papers submitted have
significant levels of plagiarism.
Source: ABC
PrimeTime, April 29, 2004
Fact #156
The annual growth rate of the nation's workforce will
slow to 0.4 percent by 2010.
Fact #157
The annual growth rate of the nation's workforce was
1.1 during the 1990's.
Fact #158
The annual growth rate of the nation's workforce was
2.6 during the 1970's.
Source: The 21st
Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce
and Workplace in the U.S. (Rand Corporation)
Fact #159
Half of all workers (51 percent) trust their companies
to tell them the truth in employee communications.
Source: Towers
Perrin
Fact #160
Obesity-related disability claims cost an average of
$8,720 per employee each year.
Source: UnumProvident
Fact #161
In 1950, there were seven working age people
for every elderly person in the United States. By 2030,
there will be only three.
Fact #162
Since 1950, the number of people aged 65 and
older in the United States has increased from 8% to
12%.
Fact #163
By the end of 2002, the number of older workers
in the labor force aged 55 to 64 - employed or seeking
work - increased to 62.9%, the highest level during
the postwar era.
Fact #164
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
more than 25% of the working population will reach retirement
age by 2010, resulting in a potential worker shortage
of nearly 10 million.
Fact #165
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number
of people aged 55 and older will increase to 73% by
2020, while the number of younger workers will grow
only 5%.
Fact
#166
For dual career couples with kids under 18, the combined
work hours grew from 81 a week in 1977 to 91 in 2002.
Source: Families and Work Institute
Fact
#167
72% of mothers with children under 18 are in the workforce,
up from 47% in 1975. Source: Families and Work Institute
Fact #168
Husbands are unemployed in 6.4% of all married couples.
Source: Time, March 22, 2004
Fact
#169
1 in 3 women with M.B.A.s are not working full-time;
it's 1 in 20 for males with M.B.A.s Source: Catalyst
Fact #170
Women in high positions: In 1971 only 9% of women earned
medical degrees, 7% law degrees, and 4% M.B.A.s. In
2001, 30% or women earned medical degrees, 47% law degrees,
and 41% M.B.A.s.
Fact
#171
In 2000, 4 million Americans were age 85 and older,
the part of the population most in need of long-term
care. By 2040, that number is projected to more than
triple, to 14 million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. (2000)
Fact #172
More than 13 million Americans need some level of long-term
care, but only a fraction of those, about 1.6 million,
receive that care in nursing homes. Source: Facts on
Long-term Care, 1997.
Fact #173
While most individuals who need long-term care are over
65, 40 percent are adults younger than 65, and 3 percent
are children. Source: Facts on Long-term Care, 1997.
Fact #174
By the year 2020, the number of Americans 85 and older
will more than double to 6.4 million. The number of
people 65 to 84 will almost double to 47.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. (2000)
Fact #175
If obesity trends continue through 2020, without other
changes in health behaviors or medical technology, the
proportion of people 50-69 with disabilities (those
who are limited in their ability to care for themselves
or perform other routine tasks) will increase by 18
percent for men and by 22 percent for women between
2000 and 2020.
Fact
#176
There are 2
million people locked up in federal, state, and county
facilities. More than 6 million people are under state
supervision in the form of parole or probation.
Fact #177
One out of
every 130 people will serve prison time at some point
in their lives.
Fact #178
One of every
three young (20-29) African American men are under some
kind of correctional control-whether they are imprisoned,
paroled, or on probation.
Fact #179
There are almost
100,000 women in US prisons today. Almost all of these
women are single mothers.
Fact #180
States are
spending more money on prisons than education. Over
the course of the last 20 years, the amount of money
spent on prisons was increased by 570% while that spent
on elementary and secondary education was increased
by only 33%.
Source: Coalition Against The American Correctional
Association
Fact
#181
In 2002, an estimated 22 million Americans
suffered from chemical dependence or abused drugs, alcohol
or both.
Fact #182
Illicit drug use is highest among adults 18
to 25 years old.
Fact #183
15.9 million American s considered themselves
to be heavy drinkers.
Fact #184
Treating the short-term and long-term medical
complications of addiction costs $133 billion a year.
Source: Department of Health and Human Services; National
Institute on Drug Abuse.
Fact #185
15 percent of all full-time workers and 19
percent of all part-time workers - about 23 million
workers - used an illicit drug in the past year.
Source: 2002
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
Fact
#191
Employers are spending an average of $280 per
employee equating to $38 billion a year for injuries
suffered at home.
Fact #192
A non-work related, home injury that results in a hospital
stay costs nearly $20,000 and a fatal injury costs an
employer nearly $30,000.
Fact #193
Health care (medical) spending associated with home
injuries cost employers $15.8 billion in a single year.
Fact #194
Employers spend $11.8 billion on sick leave and disability
insurance caused by home-based injuries.
Fact #195
$9.6 billion was spent on costs related to workplace
disruption plus the costs for training/retraining or
hiring new employees.
Source: The State of Home Safety in America(TM)(2004)
Fact
#186
Businesses spend $36.5 billion on costs related
to workers who are Alzheimer's caregivers.
Fact #187
$18 billion is lost on productivity due to absenteeism.
Fact #188
Recruitment, training and productivity loss when caregivers
quit exceeds $6.3 billion.
Fact #189
Insurance benefits paid out to caregiver workers
who are on leave - $1.2 billion.
Fact #190
By 2030, it is estimated there will be 7.7
million people with Alzheimer's disease.
Source: Alzheimer's Association - Alzheimer's Disease
Fact #196
More than 75 percent of the workforce must be retrained
to keep the jobs they have.
Fact #197 In the near future 80 percent
of jobs will require some sort of postsecondary education.
Fact #198
61 percent of these will require more than a high school
education but less than a bachelor's degree.
Fact #199
97 percent of our youth hope to go to college; 63 percent
actually enroll but only 30 percent actually receive
a bachelor's degree.
Source: US Department of Labor
Fact #200
The Latino market is the country's fastest growing population.
But it is also the youngest, poorest and least educated.
Fifty percent of US Latinos are under the age of 26
- 35% are younger than 18, compared to 32% of African
Americans, and 23% of non-Latino whites.
Source:: US. Census 2000
Fact #201
Since 1996, graduates of U.S. medical schools
who enter obstetrics and gynecology training programs
has dropped 23 percent.
Fact #202
The number of residents training in orthopedic specialties
dropped from 3,029 in 1993-1994 to 2,759 in 1998-1999,
Fact #203
Residents training in the area of cardiovascular disease
has been steadily declining between the same period,
from 2,440 to 2,055.
Fact #204
In radiology, 4,236 residents entered the field in 1993-1994
compared with 3,687 in 1998-1999.
Fact #205
The number of oncologists in training dropped from 659
in 1992-1993 to 247 in 1998-1999.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association.
Fact #206
There are now 34 million Americans over 65.
Fact #207
There are now 1.5 million Americans over 90.
Fact #208
There are roughly 300,000 Americans over the age of
100.
Fact #209
There are now
more people over 90 or 100 than in all of American history
put together.
Fact #210
Currently
there are 2.4 million deaths in the U.S. annually.
By 2040, that number will double. (Do you see a shortage
of funeral directors on the horizon?)
Source: American Demographics, June 2004
Fact #211
A record 6.9 million adults were in prison or on probation
or parole last year, nearly 131,000 more than in 2002,
according to a Justice Department study.
Fact #212
Put another way, about 3.2 percent of the adult U.S.
population, or 1 in 32 adults, were incarcerated or
on probation or parole at the end of last year.
Fact #213
About 3.5 percent of the 2.1 million prisoners in
the USA produced goods and services worth an estimated
$1.5 billion in 2002.
Fact #214
Women-owned businesses generate nearly $2.3 trillion
in annual revenues in the U.S.
(Center for Women's Business Research)
Fact #215
By 2030, women will hold a larger share of management
and professional jobs than men. (Employment Policy
Foundation)
Fact #216
Nearly 67% of people entering the workplace have used
drugs, 44% have used them in the past year (N.I.D.A.)
Fact #217
35% of all cocaine users sell drugs to co-workers
to support their own drug habit (D.E.A.)
Fact #218
More than 75 percent of all drug users are employed
somewhere. (SAMHSA, a division of the Health and Human
Services Department (HHS)).
Fact #219
About 9% of Americans abuse alcohol. (National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Fact #220
Sixty-five percent of all work related accidents are
the direct result of substance abuse (O.S.H.A.)
Fact #221: Alcoholism causes 500
million lost work days annually. Absenteeism among
alcoholics or problem drinkers is 3.8 to 8.3 times
greater than normal (Bernstein & Mahoney, op.
cit.) and up to 16 times greater among all employees
with alcohol and other drug-related problems. (US
Department of Labor)
Fact #222: Family members of alcoholics
and substance users use ten times as much sick leave
and have higher than average health care claims than
family members of non alcoholic and substance using
families. (HSS and NCADD Fact Sheet)
Fact #223: Up to 40 percent of industrial
fatalities can be linked to alcohol use. Forty-seven
percent of all industrial injuries are attributed
to alcohol use.(NCADD Fact Sheet)
Fact #224: 60% of alcohol-related
work performance problems can be attributed to employees
who are not alcohol dependent, but who occasionally
drink too much on a work night or drink during a weekday
lunch (JSI Research & Training Institute)
Fact #225: Drug-using employees take
three times as many sick benefits as other workers.
They are five times more likely to file a worker's
compensation claim (Strategic Planning for Workplace
Drug Abuse Programs, NIDA)
Fact #226: Alcoholism causes 500
million lost work days annually. Absenteeism among
alcoholics or problem drinkers is 3.8 to 8.3 times
greater than normal (Bernstein & Mahoney, op.
cit.) and up to 16 times greater among all employees
with alcohol and other drug-related problems. (US
Department of Labor)
Fact #227: Family members of alcoholics
and substance users use ten times as much sick leave
and have higher than average health care claims than
family members of non alcoholic and substance using
families. (HSS and NCADD Fact Sheet)
Fact #228: Up to 40 percent of industrial
fatalities can be linked to alcohol use. Forty-seven
percent of all industrial injuries are attributed
to alcohol use.(NCADD Fact Sheet)
Fact #229: 60% of alcohol-related
work performance problems can be attributed to employees
who are not alcohol dependent, but who occasionally
drink too much on a work night or drink during a weekday
lunch (JSI Research & Training Institute)
Fact #230: Drug-using employees take
three times as many sick benefits as other workers.
They are five times more likely to file a worker's
compensation claim (Strategic Planning for Workplace
Drug Abuse Programs, NIDA)
Fact
#231: On the Road Jack No More
- Truckers Short of Staff: Trucking executives are
having a tough time filling jobs in the United States,
according to the San Francisco Examiner. Competing
industries such as construction are paying more, and
driving 500 miles a day can be lonely and sometimes
stressful. J.B. Hunt CEO Kirk Thompson says, "Growth
is at a virtual standstill until additional truck
drivers are attracted."
Fact #232: According to the Tulsa
World, trucking companies are trying to combat the
105 to 110 percent turnover rates with higher wages
and signing bonuses. But drivers are less concerned
about money than about being treated with honesty
and respect.
Fact #233: The Canadian Medical Association
wants the government to provide $765 million (U.S.
dollars) to address the shortage of doctors, nurses
and other health-care professionals, according to
the Associated Press. The money would be used for,
among other things, workforce planning--such as forecasting
the number of practitioners needed to reduce the waiting
lines for medical care.
Fact #234: One in every 278 Americans
now work for Wal-Mart (Source: Business Week)
Fact
#235: More than 75 percent of the workforce
must be retrained to keep the jobs they have; 80 percent
of jobs will require some sort of postsecondary education;
61 percent will require more than a high school education
but less than a bachelor's degree.
(Source: U.S.
Department of Labor)
Fact
#236: A recent study has found
that entrepreneurial activity in the United States will
grow over the next five years....BUT the entrepreneurs
will be doing little to no hiring. The study found that
80 percent of American entrepreneurs plan to hire fewer
than five employees over the next five years. (Source:
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor)
Fact #237: The study also found
that 11.9 percent of Americans created or grew new businesses
in 2003. This is up from 10.5 percent in 2002. (Source:
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor)
Fact #238: More and more American workers
will opt to telecommute from home in the next few years.
One-third of the nation's workforce - about 44 million
people - is expected to work from home on at least a
part-time basis in 2004. That number is expected to
rise to 51 million in 2008 with about 14 million people
working full-time from home.
(Source: In-Stat/MDR)
Fact #239: Small busineses provide
approximately 75 percent of the net new jobs added to
the economy. (Source: SBA)
Fact #240: Small businesses
represent 99.7 percent of all employers.
Fact #241: 53 percent of American workers
say work leaves them "overtired and overwhelmed". (Source:
Kronos, Inc.)
Fact #242: 30 percent of workers say
they are "always" or "often" under stress at work. (Source:
National Opinion Research Center )
Fact #243: 1 out of 5 workers
are at risk for stress related health problems. (Source:
LLuminari® Landmark Study)
Fact #244: 1 in 10 are so tired at
the end of the work day that they do not enjoy their
non-work time. (Source: LLuminari® Landmark Study)
Fact #245: Workplace stress costs the
nation more thasn $300 billion each year in health care,
missed work and stress reduction efforts. (Source: American
Institute of Stress)
Fact
#246: 62 percent of workers don't
think their employer tries to minimize unnecessary stress.
(Source: LLuminari® Landmark Study)
Fact #247: One in 5 workers stated
that their work regularly interfered with their responsibilities
at home and kept them from spending time with their
family.
(Source: LLuminari®
Landmark Study)
Fact #248: Workplace stress costs the
nation more than $300 billion each year in health care,
missed work and stress reduction efforts. (Source: American
Institute of Stress)
Fact #249: Workers who report
they are stressed incur health care costs that are 46
percent higher, or $600 more per person, than other
employees. (Source: NIOSH)
Fact #250: The risk of a heart attack
doubled among permanent employees after a major round of downsizing,
with the risk growing to five times normal after four
years.
(British Medical
Journal, 2/2004)
Fact #251: Although 41
million people are expected to enter the American workforce
by 2010, 46 million college-educated baby boomers will
retire in the next 20 years. (Source: Bureau of Labor
Statistics)
Fact #252: A serious lack of
skilled workers will begin in 2005 and grow to 5.3 million
by 2010, and to 14 million by 2015. (Source: Bureau
of Labor Statistics)
Fact
#253: Employers estimate that 39 percent of
their current workforce and 26 percent of new hires
will have basic skills deficiencies. (Source: Bureau
of Labor Statistics)
Fact #254: Sixty-five percent
of all American employment now requires specific skills.
(Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Fact #255: Seventy-five percent of the
American workforce will need to be re-trained merely
to retain their jobs. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Fact #256: Nearly 26 percent of Americans
now live alone.
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Fact #257: Unmarried adults now head
half of all households.
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Fact #258: Almost half of the nation's
employees are unmarried.
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Fact #259: In 2000, 3.8 million couples
were living together.
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Fact #260: 22 percent of children in
the U.S. were living with their mother only.
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Fact #261: One-fourth of health services
workers plan to change jobs by February 2005.
(Source: careerbuilders.com survey)
Fact #262: Sixteen percent of health
services workers search for a new job on a weekly basis.
(Source: careerbuilders.com survey)
Fact #263: Thirty-three percent of
health care workers are looking for stability in their
next job, followed by fairness at 12 percent. (Source:
careerbuilders.com survey)
Fact #264: The top three factors motivating
job changes for health services workers are better compensation,
more career advancement opportunities and improved work-life
balance.
(Source: careerbuilders.com survey)
Fact #265: 11 percent of health services
workers stay at their current employer for benefits
while 10 percent say it is due to the fear of the unknown.
(Source: careerbuilders.com survey)
Fact
#266: Sixty-one percent of the human
resource (HR) professionals surveyed said they find
inaccuracies in résumés after carrying
out background checks. (Source: SHRM Background Checks/
Résumé Inaccuracies online survey, 2004)
Fact #267: 80 percent of HR
professionals reported that their companies did at least
some criminal background checks on prospective employees
in 2003, up from 51 percent in 1996.
(Source: Society of Human Resource Management, 2004)
Fact #268: And 35 percent
looked at candidates' credit records, compared with
19 percent seven years earlier. (Source: Society of
Human Resource Management, 2004)
Fact #269: The rate of unscheduled
absenteeism has climbed to a five-year high of 2.4 percent,
according to the findings of the 14th annual CCH Unscheduled
Absence Survey, conducted by CCH INCORPORATED..
Fact #270: Last-minute no-shows
are costing organizations an average of $610 per employee,
adding up to more than a million dollars annually for
large companies. (Source: CCH)
Fact #271: Fewer than one in
four high school graduates who took the ACT test have
taken the coursework necessary to succeed in college.
(Source: ACT, Inc)
Fact #272: Only 22 percent of
the 1.2 million high school graduates who took the exam
this year (2004) were ready for college coursework in
math, English and science. (Source: ACT, Inc)
Fact #273: Skills that
employers are increasingly demanding are ability to
work in a team, solve complex problems, and communicate
clearly in print and in person. (Source: Coplin,
10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College)
Fact #274: Skills that will
keep workers marketable in the near term are self-motivation,
time management, strong oral and written communication,
relationship building, salesmanship, problem solving,
information evaluation and leadership. (Source: Futurist
Update, Feb 2004)
Fact #275: In the future, even
more emphasis will be placed on skills that cannot be
automated - caring, judgment, intuition, ethics, inspiration,
friendliness, and imagination. (Source: Futurist, Sep-Oct
2004)
Fact #276: Depression
set U.S. employers back $35 billion a year. (Source:
JADA)
Fact #277: Arthritis, headaches,
and back problems cost U.S employers nearly $47 billion
a year. (Source: JADA)
Fact #278: The total cost
of presenteeism in the United States is more than $105
billion a year. (Source: American Productivity
Audit)
Fact #279: On-the-job productivity
loss resulting from depression and pain is roughly 3X
greater than absence-related productivity loss attributed
to these conditions. (Source: American Productivity
Audit)
Fact #280: Allergies, which
affect rougly 25% of the U.S. population during the
spring and fall seasons cause a productivity loss of
7 percent among workers.
Fact
#281: One in every eight Americans is
now 65 or old.
(Source: Adminstration of Aging, 2002)
Fact
#282: Since 1900, the percentage of Americans
65 and older has tripled.
Fact #283: In 2000, the 65 - 74 age
group was 8 times larger than in 1900.
(Source: U.S.
Census Bureau)
Fact #284: In 2000, the 75 -
84 age group was 16 times larger than in 1900.
(Source: U.S.
Census Bureau)
Fact
#285: In 2000, the 85 and over age group
was 34 times larger than in 1900.
(Source: U.S.
Census Bureau)
Fact #286: In 2000, physicians
spent an estimated 32 percent of patient care hours
providing services to the age 65 and older population.
If current consumption patterns continue, this percentage
could increase to 39 percent by 2020. (Source: HRSA)
Fact #287: The aging population
will increase the demand for physicians per thousand
population from 2.8 in 2000 to 3.1 in 2020. Demand
for full-time-equivalent (FTE) registered nurses per
thousand population would increase from 7 to 7.5 during
this same period. (Source: HRSA)
Fact #288: The aging of the health
workforce raises concerns that many health professionals
will retire about the same time that demand for their
services is increasing. Furthermore, the declining
proportion of the population age 18 to 30 raises concerns
regarding the ability to attract a sufficient number
of new health workers. (Source: HRSA)
Fact #289: The aging population could
result in rising average patient acuity, which could
in turn requires higher nurse and physician staffing
levels. (Source: HRSA)
Fact #290: Total requirements for
FTE RNs are expected to increase from approximately
2 million in 2000 to 2.8 million in 2020 (a 41 percent
increase). Requirements for FTE LPNs are expected
to increase from 618,000 in 2000 to 905,000 in 2020
(a 46 percent increase). There is an expected increase
in FTE nurse aide and home health aide requirements
from 1.5 million in 2000 to 2.3 million in 2020 (a
50 percent increase). (Source: HRSA)
Fact #291: 21 percent of retail workers
plan to change job in the fourth quarter of 2004.
(Source: CareerBuilder.com)
Fact #292: 49 percent of retail
hiring managers say they'll add workers to their staffs
by the end of 2004. (Source: CareerBuilder.com)
Fact #293; 50 percent of retail
workers say they're upset with their pay and have
not received a raise this year.. (Source: CareerBuilder.com)
Fact #294: 62 percent of those
polled said their workloads have increased in the
last six months. (Source: CareerBuilder.com)
Fact #295: 44 percent of retail
workers say they're being asked to do too much. (Source:
CareerBuilder.com)
Fact #296:
Half of today's working nurses will reach retirement
age by 2015 (Source: John Challenger)
Fact #297: The average age
of construction workers is approaching the mid-50s.
(Source: John Challenger)
Fact #298: By 2006, 31 percent
of workers in the federal government - nearly half
a million - will be eligible to retire. (Source: John
Challenger)
Fact #299: Nationally 14 percent
of the workforce is 55 or older. (Source: BLS)
Fact #300: While one in eight Americans was
65+ in 1999, this ratio will rise to one in five by
2030, (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Fact #301: The ratio of entry level
wage earners to retirees has fallen from 9 to 1 in
1955 to 4 to 1 in 1995 to 2 to 1 by 2020. (Source:
Hudson Institute)
Fact #302: In 1991 less
than 24% of dentists were over age 54 and past their
most productive years. (Source: American Dental Association)
Fact #303: By 2010 over 38%
of practicing dentists will be older than 54, a 60%
increase. (Source: American Dental Association)
Fact #304: The labor market
grew approximately 1.2 % a year in the 1990s.
From 2000 to 2010 is expected to grow only 0.8%.
From 2010 to 2020 growth declines to 0.4 percent and
0.2 percent from 2020 on.
Fact #305: Active adults account
for 60% of all healthcare spending. They purchase
70% of all prescriptions and 51% of all over the counter
drugs.
Fact
#306: The rate of unscheduled absenteeism
has climbed to a five-year high of 2.4 percent.
(Source: CCH Inc.)
Fact #307: Late minute no-shows
cost organizations an average of $610 per employee.
(Source: CCH Inc.)
Fact #308: Only 38 percent of employee
who fail to show up for work are due to personal illness.
62 percent are for other reasons including family
issues (23 percent), personal needs (18 percent),
stress (11 percent) and entitlement mentality (10
percent). (Source: CCH Inc.)
Fact #309: Paying the price for low
morale: Organizations reporting low employee moral
have higher rates and costs of absenteeism.
Rates are more than one-third higher among companies
with poor/fair morale. (Source: CCH Inc.)
Fact #310: Employers with poor'fair
morale set aside 4.9 percent of their budgets to cover
the costs of absent workers compared to just 4.0 percent
for organizations with good/very good morale. (Source:
CCH Inc.)
Fact #311: Companies with low
morale are more likely to experience unscheduled absenteeism
due to stress (15 percent). (Source: CCH Inc.)
Fact #312: Employees showing up sick
for work (presenteeism) is a far bigger problem for
companies with low morale - 52 percent of organizations
with poor/fair morale compared to 31 percent with
organizations with good/very good morale. (Source:
CCH Inc.)
Fact #313: 39 percent of employers
said presenteeism is a problem in their organizations.
(Source: CCH Inc.)
Fact #314: About half the full time
workforce gets no paid sick days. (Source: U.S. Department
of Labor)
Fact #315: The number of employers
offering emergency back-up child care or child care
when employees have sick family members has dropped
from 14 percent in 2001 to 9 percent in 2004. (Source:
SHRM)
Fact #316: The percentage of US employers
offering paid vacations dropped to 87 percent in 2003
from 95 percent in 1999, (Source: SHRM)
Fact #317: Americans receive
16 days off each year, but are so consumed with work
that they take 14. Italians receive 42; the French,
37; Germans, 35, and South Korean and Japanese employees
get 25 each. (Source: Expedia.com)
Fact
#318: As many as 47 million adults may be
putting themselves at risk for injury, health and
behavior problems because they aren't meeting their
minimum sleep need in order to be fully alert the
next day. (Source: National Sleep Foundation)
Fact #319: Nearly 40 percent
of US employees working more than 50 hours per week experience some degree of insomnia.
(Source: National Sleep Foundation)
Fact #320: Two-thirds of older adults
(67%) report frequent sleep problems, however only
a small fraction, one in eight, says those problems
have been diagnosed. (Source: National Sleep Foundation)
Fact #321: Direct costs of
insomnia, which include dollars spent on insomnia
treatment, healthcare services, hospital and nursing
home care, are estimated at nearly $14 billion annually.
Indirect costs such as work loss, property damage
from accidents and transportation to and from healthcare
providers, are estimated to be $28 billion. (Source:
National Sleep Foundation and NIH)
Fact #322: 15 medical conditions
accounted for half of the inflation-adjusted growth
of $200 billion in health spending between 1987 and
2000. (Source: U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services)
Fact #323: The five illnesses where
costs increased the most between 1987 and 2000 were
heart disease, asthma, mental disorders, cancer and
hypertension. (Source: Health Affairs, August 2004)
Fact #324: The cost of treating
heart disease rose 70 percent, diabetes by 44
percent. (Source: Health Affairs, August 2004)
Fact #325: Out-of-pocket health
costs average 19 percent of income for persons 65
and older. Medicare beneficiaries without Medicaid
coverage spend 49 percent of their total income on
health care. (Source: AARP)
Fact #326:
In the United States, four of every 10 people in the
work force will be older than 45 in just two years.
By the end of this decade, one of every five employees
will be older than 55. (Source: AARP Global
Aging Program)
Fact #327: Twice as many people
older than 50 have college degrees as did 20 years
ago, Source: AARP)
Fact #328: By the year 2050,
there will be 2 billion people older than 50 in the
world, compared with 600 million today. (Source:
AARP Global Aging Program)
Fact #329: In 2050, people
older than 50 will rise to 21 percent of the worldwide
population, up from 8 percent today, while the percentage
of children will decline to 20 percent, from 33 percent
today. (Source: AARP Global Aging Program)
Fact #330: By the middle of
this century, there will be more older people than
children on the planet for the first time in human
history. (Source: AARP Global Aging Program)
Fact #331: Three of four companies
are not confident their current talent pool will meet
future needs. (Source: RHR International,
2004)
Fact #332: Half of companies will
lose half of their current senior management by 2010.
(Source: RHR International, 2004)
Fact #333: Approximately 50
percent of privately held, women-owned firms in the
top 50 metropolitan areas collectively employ 9.5
million people and generate $1.3 trillion in annual
sales. (Source: Center for Women’s Business
Research) More Women-Owned
Business
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