Intermittent Leave Challenges
Employees are guaranteed the ability to take leave under certain circumstances. FMLA give them the right to take up the 12 weeks of leave per year should they meet the requirements. That doesn’t mean that this type of leave isn’t abused. The leave is designed to provide time off for major events and or health… Read More
Ways Leaders Can Address Mental Health
Great Article From Forbes. POST WRITTEN BYCamille Preston, PhD, PCCCEO, speaker, author and renowned coach, Camille ignites leaders to find focus, unlock energy, reach peak performance AIMLeadership.com The world is on fire. We’re literally and metaphorically burning up. From the wildfires in California to mass shootings to increasingly partisan politics, over the past year, Americans have… Read More
The High Cost Of Substance Abuse In The Workplace
It’s no secret that workplace drug abuse can cost employee’s their lives. It’s a heartbreaking fact but those problems also cost companies billions. In one study drug and alcohol cost one state alone $1.84 billion in a single year. It can be difficult for a company to know exactly what to do without the help… Read More
EAPA is accepting proposals for webinars
EAPA is accepting proposals for webinars to be presented in 2019. The purpose of these EAPA webinars is to promote, enhance and deliver best practices for Employee Assistance professionals in leadership, labor and service provision roles, as well as to develop a dialogue with the various HR, business, labor, treatment and educational communities that interact… Read More
5 Emotionally Intelligent HR Policies
Your Work Culture Will Suffer Without by Harvey Deutschendorf Intelligent HR Policies are critical in a company emotional crisis. Recently we were shocked by the suicide of celebrity chef, author and host of popular CNN Series Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain. The way CNN handled the loss is a master lesson on emotional intelligence in the workplace…. Read More
Remain calm and civil to keep workplace violence in check
By Jack McCalmon May 7, 2018 A South Carolina Taco Bell employee threw a hot burrito at his supervisor, hitting her in the arm and leaving melting cheese on her body. Workplace violence. The employee was upset because he was assigned to work the morning shift. Other employees were telling the upset employee to stop… Read More
Nevada’s death rate from methamphetamine, highest in nation
This article appeared in the Las Vegas Review Journal on March 30, 2018 By Jessie Bekker / Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s methamphetamine death rate is highest in the nation and will soon eclipse the state’s prescription opioid death rate if current trends continue, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…. Read More
Health, productivity improve after EAP counseling
EAP counseling have been a “benefit in the background” in many workplaces. They aren’t typically marketed to employees the way other benefits are, but are available if employees want psychological counseling or a resource for financial or legal assistance. Unfortunately, that lack of marketing often works against them. If employees aren’t taught or told about… Read More
Trump Administration Halts Program That Evaluates Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Therapies
The Trump administration has abruptly halted work on a highly regarded program to help physicians, families, and others separate effective “evidence-based” treatments for substance abuse and behavioral health problems from worthless interventions. The initiative was terminated without any replacement offerings set up in its place The program, called the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and… Read More
EAPs Correlate to Positive Outcomes
For the past several years for EAPs, the steady drumbeat of corporate wellness stories has sounded a uniform theme: corporate wellness/employee assistance programs do not yield a quantifiable return on investment. Yet, employer spending on wellness and EAPs continues to increase: $693 was spent per employee on wellness-based incentives in 2015, up from $594 in… Read More
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