Employee Assistance Program
An EAP is a voluntary, confidential program that helps employees (including management) work through various life challenges that may adversely affect job performance, health, and personal well-being to optimize an organization's success. EAP services include assessments, counseling, and referrals for additional services to employees with personal and/or work-related concerns, such as stress, financial issues, legal issues, family problems, office conflicts, and alcohol and substance use disorders. EAPs also often work with management and supervisors providing advanced planning for situations, such as organizational changes, legal considerations, emergency planning, and response to unique traumatic events.
FACTS & BUSINESS CASES: [PDF]
To learn more about EAPs, visit OPM's EAP webpage and consult with your agency EAP Administrator
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Worksite Health & Wellness
A worksite health & wellness program is a set of programs, policies, and environmental supports designed to help employees meet their health and wellness needs. Elements of these programs include but are not limited to agency policies, educational materials and events, physical activity opportunities, lifestyle counseling, screenings, assessments, and immunizations. They address a wide range of health needs, such as but not limited to nutrition, physical activity, stress management, tobacco cessation, and chronic disease prevention and control.
FACTS & BUSINESS CASES: [PDF]
To learn more about worksite health & wellness programs, visit OPM's Worksite Health & Wellness webpage and consult with your agency Worksite Health & Wellness Coordinator.
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Telework
Telework is a work arrangement that allows an employee to perform work, during any part of regular, paid hours, at an approved alternative worksite (e.g., home, telework center). There are two types of telework:
• Routine telework occurs as part of a previously approved, ongoing, and regular schedule.
• Situational telework is approved on a case-by-case basis, where the hours worked were not part of a previously approved, ongoing, and regular telework schedule. Situational telework is sometimes also referred to as episodic, intermittent, unscheduled, or ad-hoc telework.
FACTS & BUSINESS CASES:[PDF]
To learn more about telework, visit Telework.gov and consult with your agency Telework Managing Officer and/or Coordinator.
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