Amirabbas Mofidi1, Emile Tompa, Allison Williams, Amin Yazdani, Donna Lero, Seyed Bagher Mortazavi. 1. Institute for Work & Health, Ontario, Canada (Dr Mofidi, Dr Tompa); Department of Occupational Health and Safety, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran (Dr Mofidi, Dr Mortazavi); Department of Economics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada (Dr Tompa); Department of Geography and Earth Science, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada (Dr Williams); School of Business and Hospitality, Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Ontario, Canada (Dr Yazdani); Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD), University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Dr Yazdani); College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Dr Lero).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We estimate the potential cost-benefit of a caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs) educational intervention to facilitate uptake of supports for carer-employees (CEs) at a post-secondary institution. METHODS: We identified CEs through a voluntary survey and estimated the economic burden of caregiving activities from the CEs' and employer's perspective. The latter is used as the baseline of comparison for evaluating the cost-benefit of the intervention. RESULTS: The economic cost of caregiving-related activities for the "no intervention" scenario was estimated at $33,841,789 ($32,922 per-case) and $8,916,342 ($8,674 per-case) from the CEs' and employer's perspectives, respectively. We find the educational intervention is a cost-beneficial program with the net benefit ranging from $48,010 to $676,657, based on six scenarios of effectiveness. CONCLUSION: This study provides practical information for human resources and operations management decision-making in terms of a CFWPs educational intervention.
OBJECTIVE: We estimate the potential cost-benefit of a caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs) educational intervention to facilitate uptake of supports for carer-employees (CEs) at a post-secondary institution. METHODS: We identified CEs through a voluntary survey and estimated the economic burden of caregiving activities from the CEs' and employer's perspective. The latter is used as the baseline of comparison for evaluating the cost-benefit of the intervention. RESULTS: The economic cost of caregiving-related activities for the "no intervention" scenario was estimated at $33,841,789 ($32,922 per-case) and $8,916,342 ($8,674 per-case) from the CEs' and employer's perspectives, respectively. We find the educational intervention is a cost-beneficial program with the net benefit ranging from $48,010 to $676,657, based on six scenarios of effectiveness. CONCLUSION: This study provides practical information for human resources and operations management decision-making in terms of a CFWPs educational intervention.