What is an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?

The Employee Assistance Program (or EAP) typically offer a broad range of services that include marriage and family problems, stress related problems, financial and legal difficulties, and psychological and workplace conflict. Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) furnish professional counselors who provide confidential assessment and short-term counseling to employees and their families in order to assist in dealing with these, and related, matters.

Businesses have recognized that many everyday life stresses can negatively affect employee attendance and concentration, the general workplace morale, and an employee's ability to perform well on the job. Today, many companies provide EAP services for their employees.

An EAPs services are usually free to the employee or household member, having been pre-paid by the employer. In most cases, an employer contracts with a third-party company. Here is a directory by state of Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providers...