Employee Assistance Program
Improving the Quality of Life
Improves the Quality of Work

What is EAP?

EAP's promote retention of employees and reduced cost through assistance with personal problems and stress reduction. EAP's have become one of the most popular ways for employers to improve the quality of life for their employees while lowering costs of workers compensation, health insurance, lost time at work, and low morale. An EAP provides employees with access to an 800 number around the clock to obtain help on a variety of issues such as stress, legal problems, financial problems, or problems with a child or coworker relationships. Once the employee has accessed the toll-free number a referral to a clinician is often made. The first 3 to 6 visits to the counselor are often with out cost to the employee. The EAP can assist employees with problems in areas such as the following: 

• Family 

• Marital 

• Personal and emotional concerns 

• Interpersonal relationships 

• Stress (including job-related) 

• Vocational and career 

• Bereavement 

• Alcohol and drug concerns 

• Financial/Legal (referral assistance) 

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• In excess of 50% of marriages will end in divorce 
• The U.S. has the highest suicide rate in the world 
• 5% of adult Americans suffer from major mental illness 
• Over 15% of the adult population exhibits a regular, serious symptom of physical stress (I.e. ulcers, high blood pressure, insomnia, panic attacks, chronic fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders, muscular tension, headaches) 
• Over 12 million people in the U.S. are addicted to alcohol 
• 60% of the world's production of illegal drugs are consumed in the U.S. 
• An increasing percentage of Americans live beyond their financial means (the rate of personal bankruptcy is escalating) 

             Where do employees go for help?

"Companies realize a five dollar return on every one dollar invested in employee assistance services."
  - The National Employee Assistance Professional Association

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Benefits of the EAP to Employees

              Key Advantages 

• Higher employee satisfaction 

• Improved effectiveness of management 

• Less stress among employees 

• Reduced absenteeism 

• Lower health insurance claims 

• Reduced workers compensation claims 

• Lower turnover 

• Greater on-the-job effectiveness 

• Confidentiality 

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• Employees and dependents are eligible.
• Starts with a phone call to a Masters Degreed counselor.
• Referral will be made to a therapist or counselor in your area.
• No cost to employee for as many as 3 to 6  visits.

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