Pathological Gamblers in the Workplace

Abstract

Commercial gaming is a thriving and popular industry. Increasingly, emerging technologies like the Internet provide unlimited access to gambling at work. This article provides an overview of pathological gambling and its associated adverse financial, legal, and psychosocial consequences with implications for the workplace. It also offers recommendations for safeguarding company resources, limiting liability and preventing potential abuses, identifying potential pathological gamblers, and devising effective intervention strategies and referral networks to assist employees with gambling problems.

Key Words:

• EAP policies
• compulsive gambling
• personnel policies
• gaming