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Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Employees are valuable as workers and as
people. Sometimes, people experience problems in their lives that change
on-the-job behavior and/or cause a decline in job performance. An Employee
Assistance Program is the mechanism by which employees and their dependents
receive assistance with the wide range of problems that can impact their daily
lives.
Employee
Assistance Programs are designed to assist employees with personal or family
problems toward help such as personal therapy, financial counseling, substance
abuse treatment or other services in the community.
Why
does a company need an EAP?
Consider
these following statistics and the impact they could have on your workforce:
Mental
Health
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More
than 54 million Americans have a mental disorder in any given year,
although fewer than 8 million seek treatment. (Surgeon General’s Report
on Mental Health, 1999)
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Depression
and anxiety disorders – the two most common mental illnesses – each
affect 19 million American adults annually (National Institute of Mental
Health, 1999)
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The
estimated economic burden of depression was $43.7 billion: $31.3 billion
for indirect costs such as decreased productivity and lost work days, and
$12.4 billion in direct costs such as medication and physician time (NMHA,
2000)
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Grief
- 30 million people grieve each day in the
United States
. Employers can't afford to ignore grief. (Source:
United Behavioral Health)
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Up
to one-half of all visits to primary care physicians are due to conditions
that are caused or exacerbated by mental or emotional problems
(Collaborative Family Healthcare Coalition, 1998.)
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Two
out of ten people suffering from clinical depression start out with
stress.
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Absenteeism
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Psychological
problems account for 61% of absences from work each year, 65-85% of
employee terminations and 80-90% of industrial accidents.
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An
estimated 1,000,000 workers are absent on an average of workday because of
stress related complaints. (The American Institute of Stress, 2000)
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Unscheduled
absenteeism costs employers as much as $688 per employee per year.
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Work/Life
Issues
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1/3
of the workforce cares for children under the age of 18. Childcare
referral programs can reduce employee absenteeism due to childcare by 40%.
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33%
of employees lose time from work due to caregiving.
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Approximately
25% of working parents worry about their children during the day.
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90%
of the population has a need for legal or financial services.
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70%
of the population does not seek legal counsel due to fear of the cost.
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Substance
Abuse
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40%
of industrial fatalities and 47% of industrial injuries are linked to
alcohol consumption and alcoholism.
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36%
of all employee thefts were directly related to drug problems of abusing
employees.
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Drug-reliant
employees incur 300% higher medical costs and benefits compared with
healthy co-workers. (U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Workers at Risk: Drugs and
Alcohol on the Job. 1990)
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Nearly
25% of a drug dependent employee’s salary is lost through increased use
of medical benefits.
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70%
of all current adult illegal drug users are employed. (CSAT, 1999)
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Can
you afford NOT to have an Employee Assistance Program? Consider the
impact these statistics could have on your workforce! Fill out an
Information Request form below or contact
www.eaponcall.com
for
more information.
Information Request Form
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