Arrange for EAP staff to give lunchtime or other conveniently scheduled seminars on topics like stress management. This provides information and helps employees get to know the staff. Support employees who want to visit the EAP through flexible scheduling and scrupulously protecting their privacy. Expect that stressed staffers will stop what they are doing and seek help. In addition to the EAP, your agency may also have other support services that could be of great benefit to the Y2K staff.
Fitness centers offer an effective, health-promoting way to cope with stress.
An on-site child care center can be a major comfort to a parent working long hours. Make maximum use of available personnel flexibilities. When employees are working under severe stress, flexibilities in work schedules and work sites can be particularly important. As with EAP services, stressed workers may be so focused on their work that they don't take the time to explore these flexibilities. Managers need to be proactive in making employees aware of their options and encouraging employees to adopt the ones that would reduce personal stress without hindering mission accomplishment.