Benefits of an EAP

Avera's Employee Assistance Program helps you create and maintain a healthy workplace by caring for your employees - body, mind and spirit. The most common workplace hazards aren't powerful machines; they're personal issues such as mental health problems that interfere with an employee's ability to cope.

Performance

When you hire an employee, they come with their skills, experience, and personal issues. Employees distracted by personal or work-related problems can mean decreased productivity, higher absenteeism and increased potential for workplace accidents.

Time

Human Resource professionals, managers and supervisors often find that employee problems can take an overwhelming amount of their time. Frequently, these problems are related to employees' personal issues and are avoidable. The Avera EAP gives you somewhere to refer employees so you can focus on work performance and save time.

Solutions

When employees have a confidential and professional resource, they will use it. The ancillary programs and services available through Avera EAP can help develop your entire organization. EAP's are a proven, cost effective solution to many of the problems employers face today. Research shows that each dollar invested in an EAP saves the employer $5.00 - $17.00. (US Department of Labor, reported by EAP, Inc. 2000)

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