The Benefits of Providing an Employee Assistance Programme

The benefits of providing as Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) include;

1. Increased Productivity - 24% improvement in productivity with the implementation of an EAP. reference; http://www.davcorp.com.au/wpdata/files/23.pdf
2. Reduced Company Costs - In the US, lost productivity and absenteeism alone, cost businesses $312 billion annually. Reference; http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/small/Di-Eq/Employee-Assistance-Programs.html#ixzz3rCNMIdpq
3. Increased Staff Morale - 78% of people in excellent health report being happy in their job, compared to 51% in poor health. Reference https://www.guardiananytime.com/gafd/wps/portal/fdhome/brokers/ideas-insights/workplace-benefits-studies/the-value-of-healthy-employees
4. Lowered Accident Rate - 4.1 million working days are lost annually due to workplace injuries. Reference; http://www.hse.gov.uk/Statistics/causinj/index.htm
5. Reduced Absenteeism - 36% improvement in employee absenteeism. Reference; http://www.davcorp.com.au/wpdata/files/23.pdf
6. Reduced Staff Attrition - according to Employee Assistance Report, between 65-80% of workplace terminations relate to personal reasons. Reference, Employee Assistance Report, 2001
7. Improved Staff Performance - with legal/financial, work/life services included as part of the EAP, work loss was avoided in 39% of case. reference: https://www.businessgrouphealth.org/pub/f31372a2-2354-d714-51e4-ae4127ced552
8. Professional Support - According to the 2010 General Social Survey from Statistics Canada, 27 per cent of workers described their lives on most days as “quite a bit” or “extremely” stressful. Reference: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/2011002/article/11562-eng.htm