Each Person Partners with Care First to Provide an Unbeatable Employee Wellbeing Solution to Clients Across the UK! Each Person has partnered with Care First to offer its employers the chance to give their people a first-class Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). Support your people when they need it most. From personal to workplace issues affecting […]
What are employee assistance programmes? An employee assistance programme (EAP) is, at its core, a helpline, paid for by employers and provided free to staff, which provides confidential advice and assistance around a wide range of subjects that might affect them both at work and in their personal lives. This typically includes emotional counselling, financial, […]
Employee Benefits poll: More than a third (37.3%) of respondents said the main benefit they offer in order to support mental health among employees is an employee assistance programme (EAP). One in 10 (12.1%) of respondents to an online survey conducted by Employee Benefits revealed that they provide access to counselling or coaching, 7.6% said […]
Social entertainment brand Lucky Voice has extended its employee assistance programme (EAP) to include mental health and wellbeing support. Lucky Voice added a suite of resources and self-help tools to the EAP, aimed at supporting its 87 employees both physically and emotionally, from managing anxiety to breathing techniques. The business also launched a four-week self-help […]
Retail store JTF Mega Discount Warehouses has introduced an employee assistance programme (EAP) to further support the wellbeing of its 500 employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and beyond. The programme, provided by Westfield Health, offers employees access to professional advice across a range of issues, including stress, depressions, financial wellbeing, medical concerns and bereavement. […]
Employee assistance programmes remain the most popular support or counselling benefits that organisations provide, as offered by 89% of respondents as a core benefit, according to research by Employee Benefits. The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2020, which surveyed 200 HR decision-makers, found that this has decreased slightly from the 93% that offered this benefit in 2019, […]
The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a powerful tool as part of any health and wellbeing strategy and is beneficial to both staff and employers. Helping provide employees with confidential advice and support can make your benefits package really stand out. What is an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)? An EAP provides support for employees facing […]
EXCLUSIVE: Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are offered as a core benefit by 96% of employers, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield. The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018 report, which surveyed 162 respondents in July, also found that other popular support and counselling services offered on an employer-funded basis include stress counselling, provided by […]
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly all (97%) employer respondents that have a strategy to support the mental health of their workforce cite an employee assistance programme (EAP) as part of this, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield. The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2017, which surveyed 121 employer respondents in July 2017, also found that […]
Construction organisation Costain has extended access to its employee assistance programme (EAP) to staff working in its supply chain. The EAP provision forms part of the organisation’s overall business strategy, which includes a focus on improving employee health and wellbeing under its Costain Cares initiative. This includes encouraging other organisations to provide similar health and […]
Just over a third (37%) of calls to an employee assistance programme (EAP) relate to employee anxiety and depression, according to research by employee wellbeing organisation Lifeworks. The research, which is based on call statistics to Lifeworks’ EAP service between January 2011 and March 2017, also found that 7% of calls relate to personal relationship problems. The […]
The facts: What are employee assistance programmes (EAPs)? An EAP provides confidential information, support and counselling to employees with personal or work-related issues. The service is available around the clock by telephone or online, with a comprehensive EAP also providing access to face-to-face counselling where necessary. An EAP can also support an employer. As well […]