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June 19, 2002 at 08:00 PM
NU Online News Service, June 19, 6:06 p.m. – Many large public and private employers have strengthened employee assistance programs and commuter benefits in the past 12 months in spite of the soft economy, according to a survey on work-life benefits by Fisher Vista, Capitola, Calif.
The Alliance of Work Life Professionals, Alexandria, Va., which sponsored the survey, says 14% of the 2,000 work-life and employee benefits executives polled reported their organizations had started new EAP programs or increased spending on existing EAP programs.
Another 14% said their organizations had started or increased spending on commuter programs.
Twenty-one percent of the respondents who reported increases in EAP program spending and 11% who reported increases in commuter program spending said the budget changes were due in part to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
