When Disasters Strike: Your EAP Protects Your Business and Your Team
The recent back-to-back hurricanes and wildfires on the West Coast magnify the need for all businesses to have a well-developed crisis response plan. Organizations are faced with twin needs in disaster situations – supporting employees and getting back to business as quickly as possible. Fortunately, companies with a strong Employee Assistance Program (EAP) have a powerful […]
Disaster & Trauma, EAP, Employee Engagement
Reaching Out to the EAP: No Issue is Too Big or Too Small
Profiles in Caring: Crystal Lee, LGSW, BHS Care Coordinator As a graduate of the University of Maryland’s School of Social Work with a Master’s Degree, Crystal Lee, LGSW, attended a job fair in 2006 that changed her life. That’s because she met a Care Coordinator at the BHS exhibit who told her about the company […]
EAP, Well-Being, Work-Life Balance
Do You Think Your EAP is Useless?
Guess what? It is useless if no one uses it. All too often employers invest in an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that does nothing but collect dust. In many cases, a lack of program promotion is to blame. However, program perception is often the real culprit. Many employees avoid an EAP that is viewed as nothing more than a […]
EAP, Insights
How Do Your Employees Sleep At Night? Should You Care?
Sleep may seem like the most unproductive part of each day. It’s downtime, off the clock, non-billable-hours time. Surely, worrying about whether or not your employees get a good night’s sleep is not something you need to consider…or is it? With a new focus on overall employee health and well-being, many companies are waking up […]
EAP, Employee Engagement, Health, Healthy Living, Insights, Productivity, Wellness, Work-Life Balance
Why Your Health Insurance Carrier Should Not Provide Your Employee Assistance Program
By 2020, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts mental health and substance abuse disorders will surpass all physical disease as the leading cause of disability worldwide. With this ever-increasing focus on mental health, employers are turning to cost-effective solutions like Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) to help manage issues ranging from employee […]
EAP, Insights
How Can Your Business Keep Up With the Challenges of an Aging Workforce?
With headlines using terms such as “Silver Tsunami”, “Gray Wave” or “Age Wave”, the increasing age of the American workforce has received a fair amount of attention in the media. And with good reason – the numbers are staggering. Nearly 10,000 U.S. Baby Boomers will turn 65 every day until about the year 2030, according to the […]
EAP
America’s Opioid Epidemic has an Invisible Side And it Could be Lurking in Your Company
Addiction doesn’t just impact the individual using. Imagine you’re the parent of a child struggling with addiction. You may have had to face some of the most emotionally draining and disruptive events of your life, such as finding out that your child has stolen money from you or bailing your child out of jail and […]
EAP, Health, Insights
Three Common EAP Purchasing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
EAPs are getting a lot of attention these days. As employee well-being and workplace engagement have become top-of-mind for business leaders, EAPs have been increasingly recognized as an affordable way to offer effective, real-world solutions. However, buyers face a sea of options and it can be tough to distinguish the average from the awesome. To […]
EAP, Insights
Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’: A Great Family Discussion Starter
The new Netflix series 13 Reasons Why is sparking conversation and controversy in homes and schools across the nation. That’s because the series, based on a novel of the same name, tells the story of a teenager who commits suicide and traces her “13 reasons” for doing so, which include bullying, date rape, malicious behavior and more. […]
EAP, Mental Health
Difficult Conversations at Work: A Guide for Supervisors
Management can have great rewards and great challenges. Handling a difficult conversation—delivering bad news or discussing an uncomfortable subject—is definitely one of the toughest parts of the job. It must be, or else why would so many supervisors go out of their way to avoid doing it? Yet try as they might, the truth is […]
EAP, Employee Engagement, Workforce Management, Workplace Culture