Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Introduction As a human being, an employee ought to have small or big problems in his / her life (Blassingame, 2003). Obviously, people cannot perform at their best when they have unresolved problems. This paper discusses one of Human Resource (HR) tool to response these problems, it is called Employee Assistance Program (EAP). What is EAP? Definition: "EAP is a worksite-based program designed to assist work organizations in addressing productivity issues and assisting clients in identifying and …

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