Many employers offer an employee assistance programme (EAP) to staff. This is an employer-paid scheme that allows employees to contact an independent adviser on a confidential basis to discuss any issue that is troubling them, causing stress or interfering with effective job performance or attendance.
Employee assistance programmes are under huge strain. What is their role in employee wellbeing, and what should employers do?
Employee assistance programmes, or EAPs, should be supporting workers, but the model does not always allow them to do so effectively.
Sickness absence rates hit 7.8 days per year on average in 2023, the highest level reported in a decade and two days more than pre-pandemic.
Employers offer financial wellbeing services, one-off lump sums and loans to help staff with the cost of living.
What can EAP usage and ROI data tell employers about employee wellbeing?
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