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Employee
Assistance Program
Improving the Quality of Life
Improves the Quality of Work |
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What is EAP?
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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:
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Family
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Marital
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Personal and emotional concerns
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Interpersonal relationships
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Stress
(including job-related)
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Vocational and career
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Bereavement
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Alcohol and drug concerns
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Financial/Legal (referral assistance)
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Why Offer An EAP? |
Complexity, ongoing change, stress in the
workplace, downsizing, over dependence on credit cards, domestic
violence - just a few of the many problems effecting individuals in
today's world are costing businesses millions of dollars every year in
absenteeism, over use of health care, turnover and employee "downtime".
- 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 |
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Key Advantages
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Higher
employee satisfaction
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Improved effectiveness of management
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Less
stress among employees
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Reduced absenteeism
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Lower
health insurance claims
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Reduced workers compensation claims
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Lower
turnover
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Greater on-the-job effectiveness
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Confidentiality
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How Does EAP
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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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