EAPs in Canada:

Abstract

Several Canadian studies written in the past five years focus on the perils and costs of substance abuse and how EAPs remedy this societal problem. While written with a view to effecting new initiatives to reduce substance abuse in the workplace, the reports generally fail to identify clear standards by which programs may curtail substance abuse. Other descriptive studies about the Canadian EAPs have not employed a standard definition of an Employee Assistance Program. The paper concludes by urging the adoption of Canadian EAP standards.