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Video: A Simple Way Contractors Can Improve Employees’ Family Ties

Updated Nov 12, 2022

As construction faces the highest suicide rate of any industry in the country, host Bryan Furnace focuses this episode of The Dirt on another way that could help improve workers’ mental health.

He notes that spending extended periods away from family can be a contributing factor to suicide. To alleviate that he asks contractors to consider this question: “What can you do to have an impact on that?”

He also offers one possible solution: hosting a family day at work.

To find out more about his proposal and how your company can help reduce the industry’s suicide rate, check out this week’s episode of The Dirt.

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In this episode:

00:00 Intro to incorporating families