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Advanced Ergonomics Expands Number of Test Sites.


DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1998--Charles Anderson, Ph.D., president of Advanced Ergonomics, Inc., a Dallas-based company specializing in providing physical ability testing for employers, announced today that "AEI AEI American Enterprise Institute
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 will double the number of sites using our testing program to 1,500 by the end of the year. The national network of test administrators trained by AEI insures consistent testing for companies with multi-site locations."

AEI helps companies match job applicants to the physical demands of the job. Typically, an employer is able to reduce work-related injuries by 20% to 40%, and workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work.  cost is also significantly reduced. Dr. Anderson said, "Our service takes the guess work out of hiring people in physically demanding jobs."

Advanced Ergonomics, Inc.'s testing program is designed to meet the legal requirements of employment testing Employment testing is the practice of administering written, oral or other examinations as a means of determining the suitability or desirability of a job applicant. Background , including EEOC EEOC
abbr.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC n abbr (US) (= Equal Employment Opportunities Commission) → comisión que investiga discriminación racial o sexual en el empleo
 and the Americans With Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. .

Advanced Ergonomics' clients are companies that have physically demanding jobs. Industries served include freight carriers, beverage distribution, food distribution, construction, and many others.

   CONTACT: Advanced Ergonomics, Inc., Dallas
             Kirby Dalton, 800/682-0169 Ext. 250
             Internet: www.advancedergonomics.com


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