Employee Assistance Programs

In today's challenging economy, employers are constantly struggling to keep their workplaces safe and healthy and their employees productive in order to sustain themselves financially and consistently increase revenues. Everyone has their share of personal issues to deal with and almost always, these problems follow workers to work, thus the high incidence in the last few years of rates of presenteeism and stress-related health issues.

Taking care of an elderly parent, childcare, legal and financial concerns, working way beyond your planned retirement age, are all realities in today's busy world. Meanwhile, the workplace has gotten slimmer and employees are under enormous pressure to perform, causing them more work stress than ever before. Employers strive to retain their valued workers by offering them the benefits they need both at work and at home to maintain their health and wellbeing.

EAPs have evolved over the last 50 years to become one of the most important prescriptions for helping employees take care of themselves and their families thus improving productivity and the overall health of an organization. EAPs not only provide a broad scope of services that can be used by everyone in the employee's household every day, they also provide the tools that managers need to identify and assist workers whose personal problems have impacted their performance.

Managers can consult with experts and get the support they need and also get help with addressing workplace crisis events, like the death of an employee, during these trying times. This live audio conference will provide you with information you need to keep your organization successful and your employees strong, healthy and productive.

Sharon O'Brien, MSW, LSW, Ceridian US

• Vice president of clinical excellence with Ceridian Corporation, LifeWorks Services
• Previously held senior level positions with three major EAPs, Aetna USHealthcare, PennFriends Behavioral Health, Corporate Family Network, in sales, marketing, account management, training and operations
• Experienced in management consultation and organizational behavioral risk management and presented programs in workplace violence prevention and substance abuse awareness to all levels of management
• Designed and delivered seminars on more than 20 different wellness topics
• Trained thousands of managers on compliance issues such as sexual harassment prevention as well as presenting programs about the value of EAP and how to identify and intervene with employees whose personal problems have impacted work performance
• Certified Crisis Debriefer, worked extensively in managing organizational crises, including extensive work following the 911 events and other workplace tragedies i.e. plant explosion, casino shootings
• Board member of the Employee Assistance Society of North America and an early member of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association
• Masters level, licensed social worker with more than 20 years in EAP and behavioral health industry
• B.A. degree and M.S.W. degree, Temple University in Philadelphia
• Can be contacted at Sharon.obrien@ceridian.com or 484-530-5669

This live audio conference is designed for human resource managers, benefits professionals, employee relations managers, payroll professionals, insurance professionals, personnel managers, supervisors, business owners and managers, accountants, CEOs, presidents and vice presidents.

* 90-minute live audio conference (Travel-Free) delivered over the phone.
 * Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
 * 10-minute Q&A session with the experts.
 * A professionally prepared reference manual.
 * Continuing education credits available for most live audio conferences

• AIPB

• CPE

• HR Certification Institute

• HRPD

• PACE

Click here for the "Detailed Credit Information" page.

Only registered attendee will receive continuing education credit.

Registration - Session Only: $199.00
 
Registration - Session Plus CD Recording: $268.00