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Family Medical Leave Act: The Impacts On Family Relationships, Jaycie J. Case, Jennifer Newquist

School of Human Sciences Research Showcase

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) authorizes eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons (H.R. 1, 1993). This policy allows for a total of 12-weeks of leave within a 12-month period. While this may be sufficient in terms of time off, it is still unpaid. Compared to other nations, the United States still lags behind on providing benefits and protections for employees who have taken on the role of caretaker (Arellano, 2015). This white paper will explain how employees benefit from paid maternity/paternity and family medical leave.

Healthy Training Program For Hospitality & Tourism Employees, Linzie Russell, Gina Fe G. Causin

School of Human Sciences Research Showcase

This honors project is designed to evaluate the wellness of current hospitality human resource departments and how it can be adapted to assist employees of the hospitality industry. Health has been placed on the back burner of many companies' priorities and has negatively impacted the hospitality industry. This study is to analyze some current health programs in place and to investigate how new methods can be implemented to encourage health within the human resources department and therein, to its employees.

Women In The Workforce, Courtney Beatty, Carol Wright

Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Be Well: Biss Enterprises Wellness And Fitness Program, Juanita Reyes, Rebecca Rhame, Lane O'Brien, Judith L. Biss

Undergraduate Research Conference

BE Well is a Wellness and Fitness program designed to be implemented in a fictitious company for the Administrative Communication course at Stephen F. Austin State University.

A team of three employees from the organization, Biss Enterprises, was asked to develop the program by the CEO of the company. The team researched and explored different options to create a wellness and fitness program suitable for all the employees in the company.

F.I.T. Our Challenge, Our Purpose, And What We Can Do For You, Sara Muckleroy, Donovan Pearson, Jeremy Pinkston, Meagan Webb

Undergraduate Research Conference

Our group was given the task of creating a wellness program for Biss Enterprises. The launch of the FIT program for Biss Enterprises will be a great benefit to the company as well as its employees. These types of programs have been shown to reduce health care costs and employee absenteeism while increasing employee productivity. Not only is wellness meant to improve the employee's physical health, but also their mental health and social health outside of work.

Health: Helping Employees Alter Life Through Health, Natalie Strabala, Alyssa Rains

Undergraduate Research Conference

To create a healthier and happier company environment and network as a whole. Our employees will become more focused and goal-oriented driven. The overall morale of the company will be higher, leading Biss Enterprises to even more success.

Improving Closing Task Completion In A Nation-Wide Drugstore Chain, Vivian Kempt

Undergraduate Research Conference

Performance feedback has been used to successfully modify behaviors in an assortment of workplace settings. Adding behavioral consequences and/or goal settings to feedback improves the overall behavioral effects and consistencies. When goal settings and feedback are combined, they have been proven to affect performance positively by increasing the information and motivation needed to execute work tasks in their entirety. The current study examined the effects of goal setting and graphic feedback on closing task completion in a nationwide drugstore chain.

The K.E.E.P. Program, Candace Clanahan, Jason Crager, Michael York

Undergraduate Research Conference

K.E.E.P. is a program developed to aid in employee retention. Employees are a company’s most important asset; retaining that top talent results in cost avoidances.

The program that Biss Enterprises has developed is a tried and proven method. This includes management training, enhanced communication tools, employee perspective surveys, and metrics that measure a company’s progress against a diversity maturity model.

Light The Way To Meeting Success!, Tarsha Gibson, Scott Johnson, Jane Polvadore, Courtney Short

Undergraduate Research Conference

A great opportunity exists for organizations to improve meeting efficiency. There are approximately 11 million meetings everyday in the United States. Meetings accomplish most business. Lack of a clear agenda, lack of 100% engagement by all participants, and lack of decisions are common problems plaguing most meetings. Biss Enterprises, a human resource support company in Dallas, Texas, will achieve these goals through a workshop, “Light the Way to Meeting Success,” which teaches a systematic curriculum.