employee assistance

Are you managing your Employee Healthcare Expenses? (Published in the Guardian of 11/10/2016)

Health care costs have been steadily rising for the past four decades and present a major challenge to employers. As a result, executing strategies to contain escalating health care costs has become a business imperative for today’s companies. Four key strategies used by Employers to control costs are: Reduce the number of employees Eliminate expensive benefit plans in favor of

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Are you Tracking your Employee Absenteeism and Presenteeism?

Employee absences carry a heavy cost for many employers and have a large impact on revenue and productivity according to a study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) of 700 of its members. The National Wellness Survey recently conducted in Canada shows that health, work behavior and the value of human capital are linked. In simple terms,

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Employee Assistance Program (As published in The Guardian of 19/07/2016)

The International Employee Assistance Professional Association defines Employee Assistance Program (EAP) as “ A worksite based program designed to assist in the identification and resolution of productivity problems associated with employees whose performance / conduct is adversely affected by personal concerns.” The Association goes on to cite some recent examples of documented EAP outcomes: Chevron has recognized savings of $50,000

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Is EAP in your Management Toolkit? (The Guardian 12/04/2016)

A recent study conducted by Morgan Philip and Mazars was unveiled during the 2016 edition of the African CEO Forum 2016, which brought together 800 attendees, including over 500 CEOs from all four corners of the continent, 100 bankers and financiers and 200 prominent African and international figures. A quantitative survey conducted from January to March, 2016 highlighted that 41%

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