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National ABC Radio Program for Australia Talks featured Martha talking about Office Politics, Sexual Harassment and Bullying on the 31st of August 2010 

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Workplace politics - ABC's Australia Talks


Employee Assistance Programs

What can EAP programs do for your organisation?

MKA: Risk Mitigation can help with create a healthier workplace culture by employee assistance programs that deal with:/p>

  • Workplace Conflicts and Mediation
  • Family Stress
  • Relationship Difficulties
  • Occupational Stress
  • Referral for Drug and Alcohol Treatment
  • Executive Coaching
  • Career Coaching

Brief interventions for depression, anxiety and trauma responses
Employee assistance programs are tailored to specific organisations and workforce demographics. Psychological services interventions are based on the most up to date organisational behaviour and clinical research.

What are EAP Programs?

Employee assistance programs involve the provision of three to five counselling sessions to workers and their families. An employee assistance program is invaluable in any workplace, particularly so when the incidence of mental health difficulties is taken into account.

The prevalence of mental illness suggests that the statistics are against employers when it comes to hiring employees who do not have a mental health condition.


Consider 1 in 10 adults will suffer from major depression at any time, 3 in 100 adults suffer from panic disorders, 1 in 100 suffers from schizophrenia, and 5 in 100 adults are alcoholics, (See Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV-TR, 2000).

This means that in a workplace of approximately 100 employees, there is a probability that at least ten of these employees require treatment for a condition that directly undermines their workplace productivity.
Employee assistance programs support human resources managers and supervisors in dealing with the “welfare aspects” of supporting employees. These are the problems that directly impact on an employee’s productivity; but which fall beyond the control of the workplace to eliminate.