Workplace impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is an important concept for businesses to understand.
Why?
Experiencing ACEs impairs worker performance according to findings reported in “Childhood Abuse, Household Dysfunction, and Indicators of Impaired Adult Worker Performance,” Anda, R.F., et al., The Permanent Journal, 8(1), 30-38, showed:
Chronic back pain in the workforce is estimated to cost US businesses as much as $28 billion per year;5 depression and its work-related outcomes—absenteeism, reduced productivity, and medical expenses—are estimated to cost as much as $44 billion per year;6 and chemical dependency is estimated to cost $246 billion per year.7 These massive losses occur despite existence of workplace safety programs and the most expensive system of medical care in the world.8
To be clear – the above is not a direct connection to ACEs-related toxic stress, however many of the above are manifestations of ACEs-related kinds of toxic stress. The following illustrates how this connection works:
For more on this, see my article, "Workplace Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)."
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