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How Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) Help Ensure Satisfied and Loyal Employees It’s the special moments that count: “Moments that Matter” are far more important to a company’s employees than everyday interactions that have little emotional impact. Offering a yoga class for the third time isn’t a benefit that particularly resonates with people. Being able to…

How to Successfully Roll Out and Refresh Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) in Companies An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers companies a valuable way to support their employees and retain them over the long term. But what if no one knows about it? This is exactly what happens more often than you might think: A company…

Potential or Problem? It’s midnight. They feel overwhelmed. No one is awake anymore with whom you could talk. So open an app. “How are you?” asks the chatbot. They hesitate for a moment—and start typing. What sounds like the future has long been a reality for many people. AI-powered advisory tools are booming. Chatbots such…

A Dynamic Relationship—What Does That Mean for Both Partners? The economy and social welfare are no longer separate systems with only a few points of contact. Companies now often view traditional welfare benefits as valuable ways to support their employees. The continued success of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) here in Germany is the best example…

How Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) Help Companies Become Socially Sustainable Under a new European Union directive, large companies are required to provide increasingly comprehensive sustainability reporting. While the focus here has been heavily on environmental and governance issues in recent years, social sustainability is now also receiving significant attention. Regardless of legal requirements, an increasing…

Actively offer Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services throughout the employee journey Word has spread throughout the HR departments of corporate companies and larger medium-sized businesses about what the acronym EAP stands for and the wide range of ways in which Employee Assistance Programs can support employees—including during challenging life situations. However, even today, most employees…

Planning Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Services to Meet Specific Needs and Target Audiences Using Personas In our white paper, we explain how companies can use employee personas to develop an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that is tailored to the specific needs of their workforce—without getting caught up in debates about fairness. Key points of the…

In these countries, work-life balance works The latest UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 19 clearly shows that children in the Netherlands, Denmark, and France experience the highest overall well-being—mentally, physically, and in terms of their abilities. At the same time, countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark have some of the highest labor force participation rates…

The Forgotten Pillar of Equality and Professional Success Flexible and reliable child care is one of the key challenges in balancing work and family life. However, it is precisely care during off-peak hours—that is, early in the morning or late in the afternoon and evening—that is often neglected. This has far-reaching consequences for parents, businesses,…