Some feel that wellness and employee assistance programs should be evaluated on a cost-benefit analysis and discontinued if it cannot be demonstrated that their benefits exceed their costs. Others feel that since companies create many of the stressful conditions that contribute to employee health problems, they are ethically bound to continue providing these types of programs. Some people argue that it is wrong for CEOs to receive multimillion-dollar salaries while some of their employees are earning the minimum wage or even being laid off. Some suggest that a firm's top earner should earn no more than 20 times what the lowest-ranked employee earns. S One way for companies to lower their workers' compensation costs is to move from a state that has a high workers' compensation rate to one with a lower rate.
Some companies attempt to restrict the behavior of employees while they are off the job.
The most common restriction is a prohibition against smoking. Less common is a prohibition against public drinking.