Employee Assistance Programs, when done correctly, can help you support your employee’s health and wellbeing.
In HRchat episode 594, I talk with Dr. Jonas Eyford, CEO of Recharge Wellness, a company offering custom wellness programs for organizations across Canada. The firm provides an employee support service (to enhance or replace an EFAP), on-site clinics, and wellness webinars.
In late 2022, Jonas and his team made a major upgrade by launching a disruptive EAP which, he says, is “set out to fracture the stale reality of poor engagement with a wholly different approach to EAPs & mental health.”
Questions for Jonas include:
- In terms of mental and physical health, how much harm did the pandemic do to the wellbeing of today’s employees?
- Tell us about the new Employee Assistance Programme from your team and why it’s unique.
- What HR processes need to be in place to support EAPs?
- What about HR leaders? Do they get enough support?
- Why is the use of mental health benefits consistently lower in older generations?
- Does the EAP industry need disruption? If so, why?
More About Jonas
Jonas is a chiropractor and consultant living in Toronto. He is passionate about transformation, exploring the challenges of behavior change through physical and psychosocial means.
He founded Recharge Wellness in 2013. Clients include Loblaw Digital, Flipp, Top Hat, Wave HQ, Loopio, CGI, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Clio, Architech, Soho VFX, League, Universe, Invesco, Vena Solutions, and Supreme Cannabis.