Having been in the employee assistance program (EAP) and substance abuse fields for a couple decades, I’ve seen a lot of different EAPs. But I really enjoyed my time at Creative Care Management (CCM) – first as director of service operations and then as President and CEO and owner – because we really cared about [...]
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I must admit that the last few months have been very exciting for me and Perspectives Ltd. As I have mentioned on other occasions, Perspectives and I have been providing services to the workplace for almost 30 years, primarily via EAPs. And during that time, we have seen the workplace and the EAP field change [...]
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This morning, I read something that really disturbed me. It was a blog about Roy Hobbs, a Chicago native, veteran journalist and weekend television anchor in Birmingham, Alabama who was arrested in April on drug charges. He was a prominent personality who was afflicted with drug addiction and needed help.
To make matters worse, he claims [...]
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As floods plague communities around the Chicago area, many businesses and their employees are being affected. Basic survival instincts have kicked-in as families, whose homes have been damaged or destroyed, fight to find warm beds, food and clothing.
Organizations like the Red Cross often provide some initial stress or grief counseling as part of their [...]
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Healthcare costs aside, Illinois businesses may be paying dearly for bad employee habits.
Illinois ranks among the worst states in the nation for binge drinking (47th) and smoking (38th), according to the July 5th issue of Crain’s Chicago Business.
When you take a closer look at the data, which comes from the United Health Foundation’s “America’s Health [...]
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Yesterday, CBS news reported that Chicago has the worst heroin problem in the U.S.
The report, based on research by Roosevelt University’s Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, claims that there were 23,000 mentions of heroin in emergency room records in Chicago and its suburbs.
That has a huge impact on employer healthcare costs and productively regardless of [...]
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The deadline is July 1, 2010 but many companies are still struggling to understand compliance.
As a provider of employee assistance program (EAP) and managed behavioral health (MBH) services, Perspectives Ltd is in a unique position to help employees before they tap into a businesses’ mental health benefit.
That can really cut costs for an employer.
We’re doing [...]
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Throughout history people have invented new ways to get high – as an escape from the stress of daily life and real problems that need to be faced.
Today is no exception.
Perspectives Ltd’s Employee Assistance program (EAP) Counselors regularly speak with employees from every walk of life, facing every kind of challenge. Those conversations are confidential, [...]
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Recently, I opened up my “Google Alerts” and saw a story about Federal benefits being extended to same-sex domestic partners. I was immediately excited to see the President of the United States opening up benefits beyond traditional family members – and that an employee assistance program (EAP) was included.
Although I’m delighted by this decision, it [...]
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Fun Fact: The Chicagoland Chamber’s EAP costs less than a typical Type A manager spends on daily lattes in a year.
That’s according to Monday’s OpEd in Crain’s Chicago Business by Jerry Roper, the Chamber’s president & CEO.
His piece titled, “Wellstone-Domenici parity act offers opportunities for employers to retain talent,” talks about the pending talent shortage [...]
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