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\1. Ii" li1 \\ .:-;! " L ",I r.'l1:)):I"I" . By improving safety conditions and employee We're concerned about our employees' work habits, workdays lost' to on,the,job illness emotional. psychological and family health, and accidents fen ftom 1,431 in 1991 to 1.021 too. For five years, our Employee Assistance in 1992 and 662 in 1993. OUt days lost per mil- Program has provided professional, confidential lion hours worked are 289l far below the help to employees and their families, Through national industry average of 652. And aUf Second Responders, trained MWCC employ- workers' compensation costs dropped from an ees help co' workers with a variety of profes, estimated $875,000 in 1992 to an estimated sional and personal issues. Our employees also THE AVERAGE TWIN CITIES HOUSEHOLD $495,000 in 1993. To encoutage better person- sparked a shared leave program for employees PAYS 28 PERCENT al health, we offer to assess health risks such as to "donate" their own vacation or annual leave LESS FOR WASTE- body fat and cholesterol. One-foutth of our to employees facing catastrophic personal or WATER SERVICE THAN employees have participated in these voluntary family illnesses. While being beneficial to THOSE IN COMPARA- BLY SIZED CITIES assessments and reduced their health risks employees, these and other programs also help . NATIONWIDE. enough to save the MWCC an estimated the agency overall to improve productivity and $30.000 a year. reduce costs and lost time off. '. ~ ~- '" ~ -- ~Il ~\ ,--}...... .......~ . 8 -::~ -ttIIt " .. ,/'- . - -- Public education ha.~ hecome increasingly important to help rarepoycrs and srud('T1r.~ understand the imponanr work under Way' ar MWCC, I 12. ----- -------.--