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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
Simply put, there are no hands on training programs for the behavioral health care provider, group practice, hospital or business wishing to build an Employee Assistance Program from the ground up, and/or grow an existing program, in the US or abroad. This leads most small and medium EAP providers to enter the field with no knowledge of best practices, and little understanding of the nuts and bolts necessary to launch and successfully run an EAP.
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The National Law Review
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Parity Act) requires health plans to provide the same coverage for mental health conditions as they provide for physical conditions, and that financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to mental health and substance use disorder benefits be no more restrictive than those that apply to medical and surgical benefits. But can a mental health provider directly challenge an insurer’s benefit denial of coverage for a patient’s mental health treatment under the Parity Act or ERISA?
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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
EAPA has published the 2016 update of its comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of EAP Statistics and Research Articles. The bibliography, which includes hundreds of EAP-related research articles published in the U.S. and other countries from 2000 through June 2016, is a unique EAPA members only benefit. Articles in the bibliography address EAP return-on-investment studies, program effectiveness research and other important topics. A brief summary of each article is included in the bibliography, along with the publication reference. EA professionals, HR decision-makers, benefits brokers and others will find the bibliography to be a valuable resource in making evidence-based decisions affecting the future of individual programs and even the profession.
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Research has shown that poor financial behaviors - and financial stress - can significantly impact an employee’s performance at work. Learn how an AFC© professional can help reduce financial stress by providing employees with personalized education and guidance to help them build a firm financial foundation to effectively achieve their goals.
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JD Supra
The winds of social change, the threat of violence in the workplace, and shifting regulations governing workers and third parties are all weighing heavily on employers’ minds. That’s according to a survey of more than 800 in-house counsel, human resources professionals and C-suite executives released earlier this month by global labor law firm Littler.
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People's World
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will take its first steps, this fall, towards potentially writing a rule to force firms to curb workplace violence — a problem particularly prevalent in the health care industry.
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Human Resource Executive Online
Make no mistake: Most employers are still keen on providing comprehensive benefits programs designed to help make employees healthier and happier. Some of those same organizations, however, are dialing back on certain health- and wellness-related benefits that may not be reaping a solid return on investment. Such are the findings of 2016 Employee Benefits: A Research Report by SHRM.
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Workplace Insight
According to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the number of people saying that they have experienced mental health issues while in employment has climbed from a quarter to a third over the last five years. Despite this, the majority of employees still don’t feel that people experiencing mental health issues are supported well enough at work. In response, the CIPD is calling on organizations to take a more preventative approach to employees’ mental well-being, encouraging a culture of openness in their workplace, whilst at the same time, training line managers to provide and signpost support for employees, in order to create healthier, more engaged and more productive workplaces.
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WFYI-TV
It seems obvious. If an employee has more to do, they spend more time at work. If they spend more time at work, they get more stressed. If they get more stressed, they are more likely to get injured or sick. Duh. Chong Xiang, a Purdue University economics professor, knows this isn’t a novel idea.
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Employee Benefits News
Seventy-three percent of millennials (those born in 1982 or later) are concerned about meeting their monthly living expenses and financial obligations, compared to 67% of Gen X and 63% of baby boomers, according to MetLife’s most recent Employee Benefit Trends Study. This has led many employers to seek out alternative benefit programs that will assist with the modern day problems millennials are facing, which in turn will attract and retain young employees.
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