Why Use EAP?

• Employees with Personal problems, alcohol problems or drug problems effect safety, Productivity and Profit. Employees with alcohol and drug problems:
  Have three times as many on-the-job accidents.
  File for Worker's Compensation five times as frequently as other workers.
  Miss four times as many days of work as other workers.
  File more health claims for themselves and/or their families.

• EAP does not interfere with normal PPC counseling and advisories.
  Recommending EAP offers the employee help to solve their problem, but appropriate advisories or counseling notes should still be made.
  If the employee's behavior does not improve after entering EAP, the process of PPC may still lead to termination.

• EAP helps workers recover, and become valued employees.
  Approximately 75% of employees treated for alcohol and drug problems are completely alcohol and drug free, and working for AMR one year after treatment.

• EAP is confidential.
  Information given to EAP or a Treatment provider will not be revealed to the supervisor.
  For employees who seek out EAP on their own, no information will be given to management or fellow employees.
  For employees referred to EAP by the supervisor the supervisor will be told whether or not the employee has agreed to get help, but nothing else about treatment or the nature of the problem will be divulged.

• EAP saves money.
  A conservative calculation of money saved by reduced lost time and reduced health care costs for EAP participants in 1994 totaled $3,966,077.

• EAP saves lives.
  Since 1984 when EAP formally began, thousands of employees, spouses and children have found treatment that helped their problem. Some would not be alive today if that treatment had not worked successfully.