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1. For every dollar they invest in an EAP, employers generally
save anywhere from $5 to $16. The average annual cost for an EAP ranges from
$12 to $20 per employee. Source: What Works: Workplaces without Drugs. U.S.
Department of Labor (1990).
2. General Motors Corporation's EAP saves the company $37 million per
year-$3,700 for each of the 10,000 employees enrolled in the program.
Source: Substance Abuse: A Guide to Workplace Issues. ASIS O.P. Norton
Information Resources Center (1990).
3. United Airlines estimated that it gets a $16.95 return for every
dollar invested in employee assistance. Source: Substance Abuse: A Guide to
Workplace Issues ASIS O.P. Norton Information Resources Center (1990).
4. The City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported a
savings of $350,000 over a five-year period in reduced sickness absenteeism
for employees with alcohol problems. Source: "Taking Inventory," published
in the EAPA Exchange, (July 1992), EAP Association.
5. A small company (70 employees) reduced its workers' compensation and
vehicular accident cost by $75,000 by establishing an EAP with an emphasis
on safety awareness. Source: Substance Abuse Prevention: It's Your Business.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (1992).
6. Studies done at Crestar Bank showed that average psychiatric costs
were 58 percent less for EAP participants compared with those who did not
use the EAP. EAP participants had an average of 8.8 sessions compared to
13.1 sessions for the non-EAP group. The average cost of $45 per session
resulted in a savings of $193 per outpatient case. Source: Presentation at
Georgia Tech by S. Davis. (1993) Personal Performance Consultants (Atlanta).
7. Marsh and McLennan Companies reported evidence of savings believed
to have been achieved by businesses through drug-free workplace programs
that included EAPs. Evidence included the following: a reduction of
on-the-job accidents and lost time as a result of such accidents at
Tropicana; an estimated $1,750 savings per employee at Warner Corporation
because of lower recruitment and training costs, lower workers' compensation
costs, and fewer on-the-job accidents; a 75 percent reduction in in-hospital
alcohol and other drug abuse treatment costs at Gillette Company; a
reduction in absenteeism and workers' compensation insurance costs at Sawyer
Gas Company and at Oregon Steel Mills. Source: The Economics of Drug-Free
Workplace Programs. Marsh and McLennan Companies (1994).
8. A study of 122 staff who used the EAP at the University of Michigan
showed that the university saved a minimum of $65,341 over a five-year
period for those employees because of improved retention rates and reduced
sick leave. The study showed strong evidence that those employees who used
the EAP services took less sick leave and were retained in the work force
for longer periods of time than the overall staff. Source: "Michigan Study
Shows EAP Clients Use Less Sick Leave, Stay Longer," by Keith Brubnsen, MSW,
CEAP, published in the EAPA Exchange, (August 1994), EAP Association.
9. Up to 68 percent of all workers will, at some time, experience
workplace problems severe enough to prevent them from coping with day-to-day
duties. Source: "Not just a Handout, " by James Tittemore, published in the
CA magazine (August 1994).
10. A study performed at Southern California Edison to determine the
impact of EAP case management on healthcare claims filed by employees with
substance abuse problems showed that the EAP's approach was more effective
at reducing overall healthcare claims costs than the company's health plan
alone. Source: "The Value of EAP Case Management, " by Patrick Conlin,
Thomas M. Amaral, and Kirk Harlow, published in EAPA Exchange, (May/June
1996), EAP Association.
For more information about EAP professional service contact the Employee
Assistance Professional Association at
www.eap-association.org
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