Performance
In addition to the financial and legal drivers for introducing an EAP there are many other performance related benefits.
Employee Support
- Performance - the employee's performance change may be small but it has a large knock-on effect on the team
- Mood and Emotions - through emotional contagion, co-workers may start to feel better if their colleague does
- Work Attitudes - if the employee has a negative work attitude that becomes more positive as a result of counselling, this may also influence the team positively
Management Support
- It is easier to manage distressed employees if there is a support mechanism the manager can refer the employee to
- It may reduce management time spent dealing with distressed people and those with non-work related problems
- Improvements in the employee's mood may also impact on the line manager
Other Organisational Benefits
- A tangible employee benefit - being seen as an employer of choice
- A support for work life balance issues
- A support for poor line management skills
- A support for restructuring, downsizing, mergers and acquisitions
- A support for changing social standards about male and female roles
- A tool for employee engagement and the war for talent