Employee Assistance Programs

New and Updated

• Type:

  Leading Practice Guides

  Supporting Employee Mental Health

  Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can support employees experiencing poor mental health and manage absence and return-to-work issues related to mental health conditions.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Washington Enacts Confidentiality Protections for EAP-Related Employee Information

• Type:

  Leading Practice Guides

  Voluntary Benefits and Perks

  Enhanced to refresh information on keeping up with trends in voluntary benefits, determining the right perks, assessing potential perks, and making the winning pitch for perks.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Mental Health and the Workplace

  XpertHR offers many tools and resources to help an employer address mental health issues in the workplace.

• Date:

  June 9, 2021

  Type:

  Benchmarking and Surveys

  Employee Benefits 2021: XpertHR Survey Report

  In this survey report, XpertHR covers employer trends concerning employee benefits, such as health care plans and insurance benefits, retirement plans (including 401(k) vesting and matching policies), as well as a variety of other financial, physical, and mental wellness benefits.

• Date:

  May 21, 2020

  Type:

  Benchmarking and Surveys

  Employee Benefits 2020: XpertHR Survey Report

  In this survey report, XpertHR examines a wide array of benefits, including health care, paid leave, retirement, and others, in order to provide clarity about the state of employee benefits in today's workplace.

• Type:

  Checklists

  Ensure Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and Benefit Providers Address Employee Mental Health Checklist

  Employers can use this checklist to ensure that their employee assistance programs (EAPs) and benefit providers are adequately equipped to address employee mental health challenges that have been exacerbated by COVID-19.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Employee Assistance Program Handbook Statement

  Employers seeking to advise employees that they offer employee assistance programs to help the workforce remain both physically and mentally healthy should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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  FAQs

  Should an employer do anything to help overly stressed employees?

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  FAQs

  How should an employer handle an employee with a mental problem?