HelpNet Benefits

The cost to organizations in terms of lost productivity, theft, medical expenses, and human suffering is staggering. They require that organization utilize every strategy within their power to combat the problem. HelpNet offers employers a proven, cost-effective strategy for reducing both the cost and human suffering. Let's look at some of the advantages that HelpNet and its world-class EAP offers:

Advantages to Management

• HelpNet saves time. Managers and supervisors spend a lot of time in discipline and in trying to figure out what to do about troubled employees.
  
• HelpNet saves employees. Now, instead of terminating the troubled employee and losing all your investment in training, you’ll be able to save the employee – and end up with one who is much more loyal and dedicated.
  
• HelpNet helps avoid costly suits. It is not unusual for a suit to be brought as a result of treatment of troubled employees. With our EAP, you avoid many suits, and even if one is brought, you’ll be able to show that you did what you could.
  
• HelpNet is the responsible way to deal with troubled employees. With our EAP in operation, you will know that you are doing the best you can for your employees.
  

Benefits to Employees

• They are given a chance to rebuild their lives
• They have an option other than continuing the problem.
• They have a chance to save their life or the life of a dependent. In the final analysis, employees secure meaningful help for a problem that may be endangering not only the ability to earn a living, but also the very lives of their dependents.

Benefits to Supervisors

The typical supervisor does not want to become involved with his or her employees’ personal problems, and in fact, the vast majority of supervisors are not qualified to intervene and can turn a serious problem into a disaster.

An EAP relieves supervisors from the need to pry into the personal lives of their employees and gives them an alternative to the traditional “shape up or ship out.” In addition, 60% to 80% of their troubled employees can be returned to full productivity. Recent studies have shown a trend that employees who have been assisted by the EAP tend to remain with the company longer and perform at higher levels.