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Not only is being a member of Employee Assistance Professionals of South Africa (EAPA-SA) an investment in one’s own growth as an EA professional, it is also an important building block in strengthening Employee Assistance as a profession in South Africa. Here is an...
Workplace Trends in 2022
If there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us, it is that we probably should not try to predict the future. Who could have foreseen a global pandemic that would turn the world of work on its head? On the turn, organisations have been forced to...
What Causes Employees to Steal?
Theft in the workplace is more common than most employers think. Employee theft is characterised as any stealing, use or misuse of an employer’s assets without permission. One in four South African companies have indicated that they have been victims of fraud, and...
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Since the first lockdown in 2020, working from home has had to become the new normal for many organisations. Almost two years later, many office workers are still working remotely, with their employers planning to continue remote or hybrid workplace models into the...
Nipping Office Gossip in the Bud
To partake in gossip seems to be a fundamental human instinct, probably because our lives are deeply rooted in groups and communities and we depend on these people to survive. Research has found that people spend nearly an hour each day gossiping. Not all of this...
Fostering Communication in The Workplace
Effective communication in the workplace is essential to engender employee collaboration, avoid missed deadlines and prevent goings-on that could negatively affect an organisation. Ineffective communication, or having a communication gap, can cause confusion, waste...
Guidelines for Increasing EAP Usage
For many years, employee assistance programmes (EAP) have recorded a trend of low utilisation within organisations across the world. This is a trend some industry professionals attribute to the stigma that surrounds mental health issues. However, with unprecedented...
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A great number of South African employees have been working from home since the start of the pandemic, making the responsibility of protecting an organisation's data, networks and apps even more of a challenge. While physical and mental wellness have been facets of...
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Unless you have been living on the International Space Station since the turn of the century, it is unlikely that you will have missed the fact that employee diversity has exploded in South Africa in the last two decades. In 2021, not only are there more women...
A Global Perspective on Prevention of Addictions and Addictive Behaviours
The average person in South Africa consumes 20 litres of alcohol per year and this is one of the highest rates in the world. The incidence of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in our country is one of the highest in the World (Stein, Ellis, Meintjes and Thomas, 2012). The...