Commitment to Employee Assistance Program. 19.1 The parties agree that the purpose of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is to assist management and employees to deal with issues that may impact on work performance.
19.2 Provision of an EAP is recognised as a contemporary human resource strategy that provides benefits to the department and the employee.
19.3 Access to EAPs by employees and their families will be subject to the following:
(a) the availability of the EAP in their geographical area; (the parties recognise that remote areas may not have direct access to an EAP provider. In these instances, innovative measures such as telephone counselling, internet and travel may be utilised, where appropriate); and
(b) the relevance of the employee’s family attending the counselling service, as determined by the provider; and
(c) consistent with the department’s policy, the cost of the first three work related visits is to be met by the department, with the cost of any subsequent visit by agreement between the department and the provider.
Commitment to Employee Assistance Program. 18.1 The Parties agree that the purpose of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is to assist management and Employees to deal with issues that may impact on work performance.
18.2 Provision of an EAP is recognised as a contemporary human resource strategy that provides benefits to the Agency and the Employee.
18.3 Access to EAPs by Employees and their families will be subject to the following:
(a) the availability of the EAP in their geographical area; (the Parties recognise that remote areas may not have direct access to an EAP provider. In these instances, innovative measures such as telephone counselling, internet and travel may be utilised, where appropriate);
(b) the relevance of the Employee’s family attending the counselling service, as determined by the provider; and
(c) consistent with an Agency’s policy, the cost of the first 3 work related visits is to be met by the Agency, with the cost of any subsequent visit by agreement between the Agency and the provider.
Commitment to Employee Assistance Program. The parties agree that the purpose of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is to assist management and employees to deal with issues that may impact on work performance. Provision of an EAP is recognised as a contemporary human resource strategy that provides benefits to the department and the employee. Access to EAPs by employees and their families will be subject to the following:
(a) the availability of the EAP in their geographical area; (the parties recognise that remote areas may not have direct access to an EAP provider. In these instances, innovative measures such as telephone counselling, internet and travel may be utilised, where appropriate); and
(b) the relevance of the employee’s family attending the counselling service, as determined by the provider; and
(c) consistent with the department’s policy, the cost of the first three work-related visits is to be met by the department, with the cost of any subsequent visit by agreement between the department and the provider.
Commitment to Employee Assistance Program. The parties agree that the purpose of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is to assist management and employees to deal with issues that may impact on work performance.
Commitment to Employee Assistance Program. There is no change to this clause and it is the same wording from the current clause 21.
Commitment to Employee Assistance Program. The Department will maintain an employee assistance program for employees.
