Purpose Of Most EAPs Is To Improve Employee Productivity

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Improving employee productivity is the most commonly-stated (87.8%) purpose of employee assistance programs (EAPs) according to a recent study by Keith McClellan, Ph.D., and Richard E. Miller, Ed.D. The study ‘EAPs in Transition:  Purpose and Scope of Services’ surveyed 300 randomly-selected members of the Association for Labor/Management Administrators and Consultants on Alcoholism and the Employee Assistance Society of North America. 44.9% of respondents worked with an internal, employer-sponsored EAP, 29.1 . . .