The Benefits of Providing an Employee Assistance Programme

The BENEFITS OF PROVIDING AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY REDUCED COMPANY COSTS 24% In the US, lost productivity 24% improvement in productivity with the implementation of an and absenteeism alone cost businesses $312 billion annually.(2): EAP (1) INCREASED STAFF MORALE 78% of people in excellent health report being happy in their job 51% compared to those in poor health(3) LOWERED ACCIDENT RATE REDUCED ABSENTEEISM 36% 4.1million working days are lost annually due to workplace injuries. (4) 36% improvement in employee absenteeism.(5) REDUCED STAFF ATTRITION IMPROVED STAFF PERFORMANCE 65-80% 39% According to Employee Assistance Report, between 65-80% of workplace terminations relate to personal reasons (6) With legal/financial, work/life services included as part of the EAP, work loss was avoided in 39% of cases. (7) PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT 27% 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.(8) Health Assured 1. http://www.davcorp.com.au/wpdata/files/23.pdf 2.http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/small/DiEq/ EmployeeAssistancePrograms.html #ixzz3rCNMIdpq 3. https://www.guardiananytime.com/gafd/wps/portal/fdhome/brokers/ideasinsights/workplace benefitsstudies/thevalueofhealthyemployees 4. http://www.hse.gov.uk/Statistics/causinj/index.htm 5. http://www.davcorp.com.au/wpdata/files/23.pdf 6. Employee assistance report 2001 7. https://www.businessgrouphealth.org/pub/f31372a22354d71451e4ae4127ced552 8. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11008x/2011002/article/11562eng.htm