The hypocaust system. The hypocaust system (hypocaustum in Latin) was a heating system used in (wealthy) Roman homes and Roman baths, and the closest thing to central heating today. The hypocaust was a system that circulated hot air under the floor and surrounding walls. Hypocaust construction
CDC: Nearly 9 millon Americans use prescription sleep aids. Nearly 9 million U.S. adults take prescription sleep aids, with use more common among those who are older, female, white and better educated, according to the first government survey of its kind released on Thursday.
Approximately 40 million people in the United States have a chronic sleep disorder. It is estimated that sleep loss issues cost employers $18 billion in lost productivity. While a sleep disorder may be a disability under the ADA, not all sleep disorders will be. So what do you do when you catch an employee sleeping at work? If you have a policy against sleeping on the job, you should be able to disciple an employee for violating the policy, right?