How to Create an Employee Assistance Program Start an EAP committee. Review the different EAP models. Create an EAP policy. Choose an EAP partner. Provide training. Start onboarding your EAP. Measure the results.
The EAP services are offered through Federal Occupational Health (FOH).
Employee assistance programs can help employees with personal problems that affect their job performance. EAPs can identify and address a wide range of health, financial, and social issues, including mental and/or substance use disorders.
Formal management referral is the most common type of EAP referral.
Federal EAP's are the first component of an Employee Wellness Program and should be designed to support and uplift the 8 Dimensions of Wellness, which include emotional, physical, occupational, intellectual, financial, social, environmental, and psychological aspects.
Similar to EAPs, a resource provided to members giving them access to counseling and referral services to assist with problems they may be having which negatively impact job performance. The union or business pays for this service for its members.