No record of services provided by the EAP will be entered in the employee's personnel file. Whether the employee accepts, rejects, or fails to respond to treatment or referrals for assistance for personal problems, it is still the responsibility of the employee to meet the job requirements. Use of the EAP does not diminish the supervisor's responsibility to require an acceptable level of job performance or his or her obligation to use personnel and management procedures available to maintain an acceptable performance level. There is no cost to the employee for the services of the EAP, but there may be fees for outside services to which the employee is referred. These costs must be paid by the employee or may be covered by the employee's health insurance.
Every effort is made to keep expenses to a minimum.
The time required for the interview between the employee and EAP Director or EA Coordinator is considered normal work time and requires no leave time. However, each agency may have specific guidelines regarding this issue, so check with your administration for further clarification. Referral to an outside resource may be accounted for by the use of work time, sick leave, accumulated annual leave, or leave without pay in accordance with your agency's policy or union contracts. The Department of Employment Relations is charged with coordinating the statewide EAP Program. It sponsors training for EAP coordinators and offers EAP services for agencies, especially small agencies who may not have an EAP director or coordinator.