Creating a new normal with EAPs
Well-designed and implemented employee assistance plans can provide significant benefits to both workers and employers.
The value of a proactive approach to domestic violence
Bert Alicea | BenefitsPRO Domestic violence may frequently occur behind closed doors, but the repercussions of abuse have the potential to spill over into the workplace. October is Domestic Violence Awareness
Combating the Effects of Employee Stress
By Norbert “Bert” Alicea, MA, CEAP, Executive Vice President of EAP+Work/Life Services, Health Advocate Employee stress, dubbed the “nation’s fastest growing occupational disease,” has become a major problem for organizations
Financial Fitness Makes Sense to Improve Well-Being and Productivity
By Norbert “Bert” Alicea, MA, CEAP, Executive Vice President of EAP+Work/Life Services Despite the nation’s improving economy, fear and anxiety about money is a leading stressor for today’s workers, and
Employees Suffering Losses from Addiction Lose Their Jobs Last
James Davis | HR Daily Advisor At the recent #SHRM2018, I attended a session entitled “Addressing Prescription Overuse in the Workplace,” given by Norbert J. Alicea, Executive Vice President with
Product Spotlight: Disruptive Event Management
Help with the human side of recovery after a traumatic event Health Advocate assists organizations with every phase of the disruption of everyday business and the return-to-work cycle. Our services
Disruptive Event Management: The Right Support to Restore Productivity Quickly
By Norbert Alicea, MA, CEAP, Executive Vice President, EAP+Work/Life Services Amid the flurry of alarming disruptive events from hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other natural disasters, to acts of violence, a
Employers must be aware of drug abuse
By Chrstine Hansen | The Daily Record (Md.) In a 2017 survey conducted by the National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating preventable deaths at work, more than
The Truth About the Opioid Crisis at Work
By Dave Shadovitz | HR Executive The workplace is the perfect place for intervention, experts suggest. Attendees at the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual conference who were in search