Disability Employment Australia Employee Assistance Program Benefiting from the collective membership
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | A Partnership – DEA & DWW DWW – strong client base in NFP sector Community Solutions, HWNS, Breakthru, LWB, Focus, Improvement Foundation, Benevolent Society Relationships DWW focus on building relationships and delivering ‘value’ through both dedicated program management & exceptional service delivery DWW approached DEA with proposal Model based on previous success implementing programs where high proportion of member organisations have low employee base.
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | Benefits of an Employee Assistance Program Cost of Stress – separate slide Presenteeism & Absenteeism Return On Investment Reduced absenteeism | Improved retention | Risk management | Less workers compensation claims Message that employees are valued strengthens culture Affordability Cost prohibitive for small number of employees Economies of scale pool employees across businesses to achieve affordability Fees
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | Cost of Stress Stress related presenteeism Stress related absenteeism Total cost to economy Total Cost $9.69b$5.12b$ 14.81b Direct cost to employers $6.63b$3.48b$10.11b Labour productivity loss 0.89%0.47%1.36% Days lost per worker per year
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | For DEA & Member organisations DEA employees, board members, employees of member organisations & immediate family members access 24 / 7 to EAP at no cost For DEA DWW agrees to sponsorship of Annual Conference DEA to accumulate ‘Credits’ (in the form of a Bank of Hours) Formula for ‘credits’ not yet determined – based on the number of organisations, number of employees & total spend DEA to assign ‘Credits’ to member organisations to be used for On-site service delivery / Training Benefits to DEA and its Member organisations
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | Program Management services Access 24 / 7 Online portal – connect Promotion – information sessions and print collateral Reporting – aggregated and de-identified (each organisation & collectively) Clinical & Organisational Psychology services Counselling Presentations Personal issues 2/3 & Work issues1/3 ManagerSupport Interpersonal conflict | Stress & Work-Life balance | Performance issues | Time Management | Mental Illness Awareness & Education The EAP
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | Fees (indicative only at this stage) Minimum of 500 employees required to start DEA program We are hopeful there will be a lot more $ per employee determined by total employee pool $ per organisation determined by number of employees Min. fee $990 p/a for 0-30 employees $ per employee decreases by 5% as total employee pool increases by 500 If pool 500, organisation with 100 employees annual fee = $3,500 (however, if pool 1500, then $3,159) If pool 1000, organisation with 500 employees annual fee = $16,625 (however, if pool 2500, then $15,004)
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | Fees (indicative only at this stage)
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | How It Will Work MOU with DEA ‘Gatekeeper’ No financial commitment Service Level Agreement with each business Annual fee covers Program Management services – Program Manager, Access, Promotion, Reporting COP services – Counselling & ManagerSupport sessions On-site services are extra If project successful then ‘credits’ could well cover these costs
WWW. DRAKEWORKWISE. COM. AU | Moving Forward – Timeline 30 November Member organisations to submit EOI to DEA and forward to DWW 31 December DWW to submit Proposal, Fee and SLA to each member organisation 31 January ( mid February) Service Level Agreements signed Commence ….? Post commencement Pro-rata so all organisations come in line for renewal at start of Year 2