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Egoli Chapter Member Survey 2021
The EAPA-SA Egoli Chapter invites the Egoli Chapter’s members and stakeholders to support us in completing our Member Survey for 2021. The objective of this Member Survey is to obtain input from our members on the strategies and focal areas for 2021’s Operational...
Service Provider Guide Update: Feedback Required
Dear Valued EAP Stakeholder On behalf of EAPA-SA, I hereby wish to take this opportunity to thank you for the time you took and for joining us in the Service Provider Membership virtual consultation session held on Zoom on held last Tuesday. As custodians of the EAP...
Farewell: Cheryl Pillay
An EWP champion has earned her angel wings. It is with great sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of Cheryl Pillay, a long standing member of the Nelson Mandela Bay Chapter of EAPA-SA. Despite her health challenges, she was always ready and willing to lend...
EAPA-SA expresses concern over Department of Arts and Culture tender
The Employee Assistance Professionals Association of South Africa (EAPA-SA), a thought leader and the industry experts in the field of EAP and Wellness, expresses concern over the alleged awarding of a tender to render wellness services at the Department of Arts and...
Termination of Complimentary membership for Conference/Eduweek Attendance
Dear Valued EAPA-SA Member On behalf of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association of South Africa (EAPA-SA) Board, I would like to sincerely thank you for your continued support of the association. As a result of the turbulent financial climate our country and...
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The detrimental effects of the coronavirus pandemic has placed EAP, as an industry, at the forefront of employee health and wellness like never before, including in the support of care workers and other essential workers on the frontline in the fight to overcome...
EAPA-SA Workplace Guideline COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-19 Virus
OVERVIEW OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC A contagious disease known as Coronavirus or COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-19 Virus, was first detected in China in December 2019 and has since spread worldwide. On 30 January 2020, The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared...
STATEMENT FROM EAPA-SA ABOUT COVID-19
Date: 17 March 2020 SUBJECT: STATEMENT FROM EAPA-SA ABOUT COVID-19 Dear Delegates, Members and Stakeholders, In light of President Ramaphosa’s address on Sunday 15th of March 2020 regarding the Covid-19 outbreak and the state of disaster restrictions that the...
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Call for content: The Board would like to showcase members and add to the Association’s valuable body of knowledge by inviting EAPA-SA members to become newsletter content contributors.
We invite you to become a content contributor
In order to continue providing our members with the highest quality, most topical content possible, EAPA-SA is seeking reputable contributions to EAPA-SA newsletter article content, covering leading practices and emerging issues from within the EAP industry. We ask...
EVENTS
Free State Chapter General Meeting and Developmental Session
The Chapter held their first general meeting for the year, coupled with a developmental session. Amongst the topics discussed is Code of Practice: Managing Exposure to SARS-COC-2 in the workplace. The motivational speaker gave Practitioners an encouragement to serve...
2022 FREEDOM DAY RUN FREE STATE
Here the Free State Chapter participated in the 2022 Freedom Day Run - FREE STATE CHAPTER UNITING TO ADVANCE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS
Limpopo Chapter Membership Recruitment Drive
The Limpopo Chapter embarked on a membership recruitment drive and also participated in the EAPASA webinar - Unpacking the Service Provider Guide on the 24th of February.
Platinum Chapter Stakeholder Engagement Session
Platinum chapter engaged with potential members, including municipalities in an effort to grow membership in the region. The stakeholder engagement session was held at Hope Hill Rehabilitation Centre in Rustenburg.
Webinar 21 February: Unpacking the EAPASA Service Providers’ Guide
In EAPA-SA’s first EduWeb seminar of 2022, hosted by Andiswa Lefakane, Memberships Portfolio Holder and featuring a panel made up of several members of the EAPASA Board, (President Thiloshni Govender, Vice-President Radhi Vandayar and Education Portfolio Holder Dr...
Webinar 05 April 2022: The Trilogy of Trauma, Grief and Fatigue
In EAPASA’s monthly EduWeb seminar held on 5th April, specialist presenters, Paul Quinsee – relationship expert from Ati2ud Communications, Carol-Ann Dixon - Counselling Psychologist (UK) with over 20 years’ experience in therapeutic work with couples and families,...
Webinar 15 March: EmotionAid: Emotional First Aid Protocol for Stress Reduction
On 15 March, Romi Kaplan of EmotionAid, assisted by her colleague, Relebohile Mohapi, facilitated a very interactive EduWeb seminar that demonstrated EmotionAid’s easy-to-use tool kit that comprises five steps for self-regulation and emotional first aid to guard...
Webinar 07 December: Financial Literacy – The Vaccine for Employee Wellness in a Post-Covid World
In EAPA-SA’s final EduWeb of 2021, Deon Theunis, Head of Distribution Support at Sanlam and Moremadi Mabule, Head of Wills Operations at Sanlam Trust, brought home the importance of educating South African employees to ensure they are financially literate. This...
Webinar 18 November: The Money Programme – Managing Your Finances
EAPA-SA’s EduWeb webinar on 18th November 2021 was presented by Tokozile Gqangeni, Learning Facilitator from Old Mutual, a very engaging presenter of Old Mutual’s very practical and interactive module “Managing Your Finances - On the Money”. It was particularly useful...
Training: Transactional Analysis (TA) with adults in the workplace
On behalf of our Chapter – Place of the rising sun, you are hereby invited to attend the CPD accredited training on Transactional Analysis (TA) with adults in the workplace, it is scheduled as follows: Date: 10 November 2021Time: 09H00 - 14H00Platform:...
ARTICLES
Addressing the COVID-related Impact on Gender Equality in the Workplace
Across the world, COVID-19 has done serious damage to the hard-won progress that has been made in many aspects of gender equality over several decades. There are a number of recent research studies that indicate this negative impact of COVID-19 on women in the...
Work-life balance and its effect on productivity
The advent of COVID-19 was seen to throw “traditional” work-life balance for a loop as the people who could, shifted to working from home during lockdown. Work-life balance means different things to different people as each individual has different tolerances, life...
Farewell: Rev. Craig Matthew Van Wyk
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of one of our Egoli Chapter Members. Rev. Craig Matthew Van Wyk (EMS Senior Chaplain & Former ECSA Pastor/ DBC 1988) passed away after a massive heart attack. A great person, an inspiring counsellor as...
Five Tips for Increasing EAP Usage
Why do EAPs tend to be underused, despite the fact that they are free for employees to use? Before COVID-19, numerous studies were consistent in pegging EAP usage at less than 10%. As employees have increasingly turned to EAPs during COVID-19, employers have the...
Are EAPs Keeping Pace with Change?
In the last 26 months, Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) have had to turn a corner, and fast, due to large-scale disruptions caused by COVID-19. From perhaps being seen as “just another employee benefit”, they have become an essential employee support service that...
Supporting Employees Who Are Facing Retirement
Retirement is something that every employee needs to think about - it signifies a very abrupt change to one’s lifestyle. Some people cannot wait to retire; it is a goal they have planned for and have anticipated for many years. But this is not true for everyone. For...
Tackling a Growing Problem of Workplace Rudeness
Regardless of the nature of your work, you have probably encountered some form of rude behaviour at work at one time or another. You may have encountered a co-worker who never responds to your emails or who does not respond when a meeting invite is sent to them. You...
Supporting Employees Going Through a Divorce
Psychological, social and financial problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have left many South African marriages broken beyond repair, with the result that the number of divorce cases has escalated since March 2020. International research studies have found a...
Fostering the Expression of Spirituality in the Workplace
It makes sense that people want to incorporate the same ideals and beliefs that they apply to their private life to their work life; and spiritual or religious beliefs can profoundly affect how employees do their jobs. When an employee finds they are surrounded by...
How Can Employers Create a Mentally Healthier Workplace?
What is a healthy workplace? According to the World Health Organisation (WHO 2009), a healthy workplace is one where, “workers and managers collaborate to continually improve the health, safety and wellbeing of all workers and by doing this, sustain the productivity...