Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

Impairment has always been a workplace safety issue. Workers are unable to safely do their jobs if their ability to work is diminished by substances such as alcohol or opioids. According to a new ...

Asset impairment represents a drop in current and future income for long-lived assets held by a business. When impairment occurs, business accounts report the diminished current and expected cash ...

Should employers be thinking outside the box when it comes to workplace impairment? Can organizations pinpoint the hour in which workers are most likely to get injured? And are we getting a third ...

As marijuana laws evolve, employers are increasingly being asked to evaluate impairment without a framework. Here's why that creates a growing compliance challenge.

Employers are in a quandary when it comes to determining if obesity is an impairment under the Americans with Disabilities Act. When Congress passed the ADA in 1990, it defined a disability as an ...