Why Have an EAP?

There are many benefits to having an EAP - both for the employee and the company.

Increased productivity

  • Employees are able to focus on job performance because their personal problems are being addressed.

  • Higher employee retention rate because of healthier work environment. Leads to reduced costs from turnover, recruiting and training new employees.

  • Addresses employee problems quickly so employees have fewer work absences due to personal problems.

  • Provides early intervention of employees' problems, preventing them from becoming a crisis and affecting their job performance.

  • 24-hour Help Line provides employees with a resource when a crisis arises.

Controlled healthcare costs

  • Decreases the use of mental health and substance abuse benefits, and helps reduce the health insurance claims and premiums overall.

  • Decreases emergency room use for crisis situations.

Management tool

  • Helps managers separate non-performance issues from job performance.

  • Provides an alternative to disciplinary action, which reduces workplace grievances by helping employees with their problems.

Safer work environment

  • Fewer accidents happen when employees are better able to concentrate on their job performance when they are not affected by non-work related problems or alcohol or other substances.

Professional expertise

  • Confidential and professional assessment, counseling and referral services for employees and their family members.

  • Supervisor training on how to identify and deal with an under functioning employee.

  • Ongoing consulting for management of difficult problems related to job performance.

  • Expertise dealing with alcohol and substance abuse problems in the workplace.

To see if St. Luke's EAP can benefit your company, call 319/369-8152.