Advantages to Employees and Families Permits immediate, direct and confidential access for family members and employees. Is autonomous, professional, and administered by its member workplace organizations.
Helps keep the overall operating cost to participating organizations at a minimum.
Permits a close and more extensive monitoring of public health and social services. Eliminates the possibility of workplaces having to hire permanent counsellors, or assessment staff. Enhances the image of the employers and employee groups as leaders in the human resources arena. Advantages of the EFAP Program in The Work Place Significantly increases the probability of program utilization, as the staff of the ARS are not employees of the labour or management and the service is located away from the workplace. Greatly enhances the probability that confidentiality will be maintained.