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YXE Benefits Team Shares A Study About How Paternity Leave Improves A Mothers Health

YXE Benefits offers the simple, stable, smart group benefits choice for Saskatoon businesses; combining accessibility, flexibility and the stability of pooled benefits. Saskatoon companies choose the Chambers group plan because it offers unsurpassed value & outstanding customer service. The Chambers plan group benefits are for Saskatoon Chamber members.  In our latest post, we share a recent study regarding how paternity leave can improve mothers’ health.

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Paternity leave can improve mothers’ health

When fathers take paternity leave, it can actually benefit the health of new mothers. The study looked at the effects of a 2012 Swedish law that allows fathers to take up to 30 days off work, as needed, the year after the birth of a child, but while the mother is also taking leave.

Reduction in prescriptions, hospitalizations and visits to specialists

Where fathers took parental leave in the first six months after childbirth, the researchers found a 26 per cent decrease in prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications among new mothers, as well as a 14 per cent reduction in hospitalizations or visits to specialists and an 11 per cent decrease in antibiotic prescriptions.

Though the research found fathers took only a few days intermittently within those six months, the timing proved critical because it allowed new mothers to get the health care and sleep they needed, along with the opportunity to take preventative health measures.

The flexibility to take those days ad hoc was also an important factor, the study noted.

“While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labour supply, less is known about fathers’ demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family life — the months immediately following childbirth — and identifies the impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health”

Paternity leave helps to reduce the risk of postpartum health complications.

The research found increasing a father’s temporal flexibility reduces the risk of a mother experiencing physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health.

“Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from a lack of workplace flexibility — not only directly through greater career costs of family formation, as previously documented — but also indirectly.”

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Heard of Employee Assistance Program from Chambers Plan

YXE Benefits offers the simple, stable, smart group benefits choice for Saskatoon businesses; combining accessibility, flexibility and the stability of pooled benefits. Saskatoon companies choose the Chambers group plan because it offers unsurpassed value & outstanding customer service. The Chambers plan group benefits are for Saskatoon Chamber members.  In our latest post, we share information on Employee Assistance Program from The Chambers Plan.

Employee Assistance Program to the rescue

Employee Assistance PlanWhen life’s challenges make it difficult to concentrate on work, support for you and your employees is available through the Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Arive®.

This confidential service provides access to professional counselling and guidance from experts who understand how coping with personal issues affects absenteeism and productivity on the job.

A good solution for businesses without internal HR support

The Chambers Plan Arive® Employee Assistance Program can complement any human resource department. It is also a good solution for businesses without internal HR support to help individuals deal with complex issues best resolved with the assistance of accredited professionals.

External one-on-one consultation is often financially out of reach for many employees; through the Chambers Plan Arive® EAP, you and your staff now have access to expert advisors and clinical assistance.

Professional Support for Individuals

Employee Assistance Program offers confidential, face-to-face counselling with a designated counselling professional, for employees experiencing personal problems, including:

  • Family challenges/Personal problems
  • Work-related difficulties
  • Addiction/Dependency concerns
  • Eldercare issues

Telephone consultation for Nutrition counselling

Also includes private telephone consultation for:

  • Legal issues
  • Financial struggles
  • Childcare information

Additional Support for Management

Management Guides and Bulletins: Guides and bulletins written by experts who understand the stresses and complexities of employee management on such topics as handling mental health issues in the workplace, holding better meetings, attracting and retaining great employees, dealing with addiction issues, bridging the generation gap, managing absenteeism, and more.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD):In the event of an armed robbery, unexpected death of a co-worker, major occupational injury or other critical incidents – immediate help is available.

A counsellor will help you design communications, a support plan, and employee information sessions to best suit the situation. Intervention may be in-person or by telephone, as determined in the initial contact.

We encourage you to connect with us on our Saskatoon social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter & Linkedin. 

Contact us today for a quote…. find out if you can benefit!

‘Join the Group- It’s Time To Benefit’
www.yxebenefits.ca

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Chambers Plan EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)

YXE Benefits offers the simple, stable, smart choice for Saskatoon businesses; combining accessibility, flexibility and the stability of pooled benefits. Saskatoon companies choose The Chamber group plan because it offers unsurpassed value & outstanding customer service. The Chambers plan group benefits are for Chamber members.  In our latest post, we discuss benefits fraud and we also share information for employers on the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

EAP

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)

What if there was a way to help your employees deal with problems before they escalated into serious issues that result in absenteeism or even lead to disability claims?

An EAP can help:

  • Reduce and manage employee absenteeism
  • Reduce healthcare and disability costs
  • Increase employee morale, productivity and job performance
  • Reduce employee turnover and associated expenses

An EAP can create savings for you and provide your employees support when life’s challenges make it difficult to concentrate on work. The Chambers Plan Employee Assistance Program provides confidential, one-on-one counselling with a designated psychosocial professional.

When life’s challenges make it difficult to concentrate on work, support for you and your employees is available through the Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Arive®. This confidential service provides access to professional counselling and guidance from experts who understand how coping with personal issues affects absenteeism and productivity on the job.

The Chambers Plan Arive® EAP can complement any human resource department. It is also a good solution for businesses without internal HR support to help individuals deal with complex issues best resolved with the assistance of accredited professionals. External one-on-one consultation is often financially out of reach for many employees; through the Chambers Plan Arive® EAP, you and your staff now have access to expert advisors and clinical assistance.

Professional Support for Individuals

Confidential, face-to-face counselling with a designated counselling professional, for employees experiencing personal problems, including:

• Family challenges/Personal problems

• Work-related difficulties

• Addiction/Dependency concerns

• Eldercare issues

Telephone consultation for Nutrition counselling

Also includes private telephone consultation for:

• Legal issues

• Financial struggles

• Childcare information

EAP- Additional Support for Management

Management Guides and Bulletins

Guides and bulletins written by experts who understand the stresses and complexities of employee management on such topics as:

  • Handling mental health issues in the workplace
  • Holding better meetings
  • Attracting and retaining great employees
  • Dealing with addiction issues
  • Bridging the generation gap
  • Managing absenteeism, and more.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

In the event of an armed robbery, unexpected death of a co-worker, major occupational injury or other critical incidents – immediate help is available. A counsellor will help you design communications, a support plan, and employee information sessions to best suit the situation. Intervention may be in-person or by telephone, as determined in the initial contact.

We encourage you to connect with us on our Saskatoon social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter & Linkedin. 

Contact us today for a quote…. find out if you can benefit!

‘Join the Group- It’s Time To Benefit’
www.yxebenefits.ca

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