EAP

Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) result in employees being three and a half times more likely to cope with the demands of their job, with 21% rating their ability as "good" or "very good" prior to receiving counselling, compared to 75% afterwards....

Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are not a motivational tool for employees and are all about "protecting the risk of a company", says First Group reward and pensions director John Chilman.

Will group insurers remain as insurers or become service providers? Should advisers be consulting on additional services? Paul Avis investigates.

Ceridian has produced a mobile app version of its LifeWorks employee assistance programme (EAP) allowing staff to access the services on the move.

It has become the chief cause of long-term absence in the UK, but appropriate provision for mental health problems at work lags way behind. Keith Bushnell assesses how employers can limit absenteeism and reduce the strain on their insurance policies....

Generali Employee Benefits has announced it will launch an EAP to its group income protection (GIP) customers while group life (GLA) customers will have access to a new bereavement counselling and probate helpline service.

The employee assistance programme (EAP) sector has grown by 69% since 2008 totalling a current value of £69.13m, research reveals.

I have a few clients lately who might all be a good fit for group income protection cover. I am fairly new to the market and wondered how much emphasis I should put on the Employee Assistance Programmes and additional support elements in the products,...

Mental health is now the biggest cause of claim in group risk markets. Katharine Moxham outlines the scale of the problem.

It was great news when the Coalition Government decided to look at what it could do to improve Britain's sickness absence record. It is an area of public policy that is important to get right if Britain is going to win the global race for business.