If your company is
considering implementing an additional employee benefit program, you may want to consider
an EAP, otherwise known as an
employee assistance program. Whether you're
the president of the company or you head up a busy human resources Department, you are all
too well aware that the implementation and administrative costs of most employee benefit
programs is prohibitive. Not so with an employee assistance program.
First of all, your
employees are
constantly being bombarded by issues and problems that can affect their performance at
work. As companies fight to maintain their competitive edge, employees are called upon to
consistently take on more and more responsibility, which can cause stress and can sometimes
lead to problems between employees. When this happens, you have a recipe for disaster.
By implementing an
EAP, you
give your employees access to valuable tools they can utilize in dealing with some of the
personal, emotional, and psychological issues that confront their productivity while
working. As an executive, you're all too familiar with the high cost of health care –
health, dental, and vision insurance premiums. In contrast to these high premiums,
employee assistance programs cost only pennies a day per employee and the tangible payoff
is dramatic.
By identifying employees that may need help or allowing employees that
recognize that there is a problem to voluntarily seek assistance, you make it possible for
your employees to correct the issues that can cause them to potentially do things out of
character, such as “going postal” at the drop of a hat.
Unfortunately, employees have stresses and
pressures outside of work that can affect their performance while working. With one out of
every two marriages ending in divorce, there's a pretty good chance that a large percentage
of your employees are facing marital or family blending issues, alcohol or substance abuse
problems, or problems with children.
When your employees are having problems at
home, it's nearly impossible for them to box those problems and leave them in the trunk of
their car while they come inside your business and perform their daily work. Instead,
problems at home tend to exacerbate ongoing issues at work, which can sometimes cause a
minor disagreement with another employee to develop into an explosive confrontation that
can have a disastrous and life-changing impact on others.
By implementing an
employee assistance programs, you can nip
these problems in the bud and get your employees back into mental, emotional, and
psychological good health so that they can reclaim their position as a productive member of
your organization.
By offering an
employee assistance program, your employees
will appreciate your willingness to assist them in their hour of need, which will in turn
cause them to become more productive, which will positively impact your bottom line. There
are few measures you can implement companywide that cost so little and yield such great
rewards. An
EAP program does so with very little cost.
To learn more about how an employee assistance program can help your firm's profitability
please visit
www.eapquotes.com
