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Employee
Wellness
In an effort to secure the skills of suitably qualified researchers, the HSRC recognises that greater emphasis is needed on
employee wellness to improve the employee value proposition.
The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is designed to enhance productivity and job performance by addressing
psychosocial, legal, financial, and work-related problems in the HSRC. Various awareness campaigns were conducted throughout
the year, and services such as financial coaching, wills and estate planning, debt management, and legal aid were offered.
Accessing the EAP Service
Table 14 outlines the number of employees who used EAP services and the number of issues that were addressed. Issues
that are addressed, however, may be multiple and therefore the number of problems addressed is sometimes greater
than the number of individuals reported in Table 14.
Table 14: Employee wellness
Issues
First quarter 2016
Second quarter 2016 Third quarter 2016 Fourth quarter 2017
Individuals Issues
addressed
Individuals Issues
addressed
Individuals Issues
addressed
Individuals Issues
addressed
Financial
7
8
5
5
5
5
1
1
Legal
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Managerial
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Psychosocial
10
15
27
35
13
14
20
31
Total
individuals
20
24
35
40
17
19
21
32
PART D: Human Resources