Employee Assistance Program support available to employees in India and 170 other countries
April 12 2016, 16.33 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Mumbai, 12th April, 2016 – Morneau Shepell Inc. (TSX: MSI), the leading provider of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) in North America and one of the world’s largest, and 1to1Help.net, the leading EAP provider in India, today announced that they have signed a long-term strategic alliance. The two companies have combined forces to provide EAP services to employees of multinational companies, wherever in the world they are situated.
“India has emerged as a major centre of employment for multinational corporations, both those headquartered elsewhere, as well as those based in India that are expanding their operations globally,” said Richard Albert, Vice President, Global Business Development, Morneau Shepell. “Over half of Fortune 500 companies have employees in India, which has become a world leader in business process outsourcing, technology and manufacturing operations. We are thrilled to be partnering with 1to1Help.net, who have been at the forefront of EAP services in India. Through working with our alliance, multinational clients can provide the same level of support to their employees in India as they do elsewhere in the world, enhancing their global value proposition as an employer of choice.”
EAP services are a relatively new employee benefit in India. These programs help employees deal with personal problems that may be negatively affecting their health and well-being, as well as their job performance. Employees, and in some cases their immediate family members, may receive short-term counselling or referrals for help in dealing with their issues. Given the high incidence of depression in India and the high youth suicide rate (please see attached fact sheet), EAP services may be especially important for employees working in this country.
“Morneau Shepell and 1to1Help.net will share best practices and partner closely on service delivery and global account management,” said Anil Bisht, Director, 1to1Help.net. “While our approach will be tailored to meet cultural needs in various countries, our level of support will be consistently high and focused on helping employees regain and maintain good health. This alliance enables our companies to provide world-class EAP services to the rapidly growing array of emerging Indian-headquartered global companies, as well as to foreign domiciled multinational organizations with significant employee populations in India.”
One of the world’s leading EAP providers, Morneau Shepell has also been a global pioneer in the EAP industry for more than two decades. The company currently provides expatriate and localized EAP support in more than 200 languages and in 170 countries around to the world to corporate, small business and public sector clients. For more information about EAP services available through Morneau Shepell and 1to1Help.net, please write to 1to1help@brand-comm.com.
About Morneau Shepell Inc.
Morneau Shepell is the only human resources consulting and technology company that takes an integrative approach to employee assistance, health, benefits and retirement needs. The Company is the leading provider of employee and family assistance programs, as well as the largest administrator of retirement and benefits plans and the largest provider of integrated absence management solutions in Canada. Through health and productivity, administrative, and retirement solutions, Morneau Shepell helps clients reduce costs, increase employee productivity and improve their competitive position. Established in 1966, Morneau Shepell serves approximately 20,000 clients, ranging from small businesses to some of the largest corporations and associations in North America. With almost 4,000 employees in offices across North America, Morneau Shepell provides services to organizations across Canada, in the United States, and around the globe. Morneau Shepell is a publicly-traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: MSI). For more information, visit morneaushepell.com.
About 1to1help.net
1to1help.net Pvt. Ltd. is an ISO certified company which presently provides counselling services to employees in 150 companies in corporate and IT sector. Professionals who are facing tremendous stress and other perennial issues tend to affect their productivity at work. Set up in Bangalore in 2001 by Archana Bisht, Karuna Baskar and Anil Bisht, 1to1help.net intends to counsel professionals, especially tailoring its services for the Indian corporate setting. As pioneers in the field, it has clearly established the relevance of counselling in the corporate sector. It provides its services to major IT companies and corporate houses in the country.
The company works with a team of 115 counsellors and dieticians across 20 cities in India providing in-house training and supervision to all its counsellors. It has completed more than 1,00,000 counselling sessions, covering 1.5 million lives across India. It has also successfully managed to control over 2000 suicidal cases across the country and strives to deliver its services in the same manner.