Family leave days are a solution used by the University of Calgary. If an employee has a nanny or babysitter, both the employee and the caregiver have to be healthy for the employee to come in to work. It's a bold and expensive step, but several companies have seen the benefits of instituting workplace daycare centres. Even more offer a daycare subsidy. EAPs can also help reduce the need for family days as many assist employees with daycare and emergency care searches.
Smoking is a good example.
Statistics Canada reports that the average Canadian smoker has 19 cigarettes per day, five of which are smoked during the workday. Three cigarettes are smoked on legitimate breaks but two a day are smoked on company time. Over the course of a year this translates into three weeks more holidays for the smoker, or about a day and a half of lost work time every month. You bet it is. The same applies to alcohol and drugs.