04/17/2025

How to Support Employee Well-being beyond the EAP

Well-being is often overlooked

HR Question: Our HR team is exploring ways we can support employee well-being in addition to offering an EAP. What should we consider in our approach?

HR Answer: While many organizations have implemented an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) as an important way to support their employees’ mental health, that is only one component of well-being. There are many ways HR can play a direct role in supporting employees’ overall well-being. In this article, we'll discuss what well-being is, how it impacts individuals and organizations and offer specific examples of how you can support employee well-being in your organization.

What is well-being?

Well-being is the holistic state of an individual’s physical, mental, social, spiritual and financial health as well as a sense of career and community. It can include things such as work-life balance, stress, job satisfaction and financial confidence, just to name a few. Essentially, it’s what makes humans human.

Please select this link to read the complete article from OSAP member Clark Schaefer Strategic HR.