Last month, EmployeeScreenIQ sponsored an Interactive Roundtable on Violence in the Workplace, moderated by Kevin Grossman at HRmarketer.com. It was a lively discussion with an engaged audience and the panelists, myself included, received a lot of great follow-up questions from participants after the event as well.
In fact, there were a number of questions that I [...]
Continue reading about Good Questions About Preventing Workplace Violence: Part 1
Dan Feerst wrote a great blog post this week about the relationships between employee assistance programs (EAP), social media and a company’s stock value. He rightly points out that EAP helps prevent issues that can escalate into PR nightmares or trigger shareholder jitters. He also showcases a Bank of America example that will pull at [...]
Continue reading about Can EAP Help Protect Your Stock Value? Here’s What CEOs Should Know.
Well today is the first day of the International EAPA conference. This year the conference is being held in Dallas, Texas. It is a wonderful conference where Employee Assistance Professionals and vendors in the EAP space come together to learn and share best practices. The whole goal is to provide services for employees and employers [...]
Continue reading about Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) Conference 2009
In 2007, more than 8% of full-time employees in the U.S. were current drug users and nearly 9% of full-time employees reported heavy alcohol use, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
That’s pretty alarming. And, that was before the recession started and added additional stress to every employee’s life.
What’s [...]
Continue reading about SMBs Suffer Highest Rates of Employee Drug and Alcohol Abuse
It’s been a rather chilly summer here in Chicago, where Perspectives’ is headquartered, so I can’t help but look forward to the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) conference in Miami next week.
And, although I’m pretty self-sufficient, it is great to have a team of people managing my travel arrangements, preparing our marketing push [...]
Continue reading about PEOs: A Small Business Alternative That Empowers Profitability Over Paperwork
One of the most difficult things that HR managers have to deal with is getting supervisors to discipline their employees and implement corrective action. No supervisors like to have to do this yet it is the most important element in employees’ development and improvement. It is also an important component if it is ever necessary [...]
Continue reading about Helping the HR Department Get Supervisors to Refer to the EAP
Recent Comments