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Article: Problem solvers.(benefits of employee assistance programs)
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- Indiana Business Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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Employee-assistance programs cost less than replacing workers.
On Christmas Day this year Rachel will have three years of sobriety, with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous. She is a 37-year-old single mother with three daughters and a house in Anderson, and because recovery is usually a family affair, her daughters are in AlA-Teen.
A poor job-performance review helped pave the way. The worse her drinking became, the more her work suffered. Rachel's supervisor suggested that she consider the company's employee-assistance program, or EAP. If she did, the supervisor said, nobody in the company would know any details, it was company-sponsored and free, so why ...