High demand, low-control jobs reduce productivity and increase workplace disability costs.

Workplace behavioral risk management methods build on EAP core technologies to help employers improve productivity and reduce direct and indirect costs of behavioral conditions. Current research suggests that restructuring high-demand, low-control jobs may enhance productivity and reduce disability costs. The author suggests that the use of appropriate social supports and coping-skills training will further offset the damaging consequences of high-demand, low-control jobs.