Wow. I must have been clairvoyant a couple days ago because the HRZONE.COM, a Web site in Great Britain, cited EAPs as a major player in reducing long-term absenteeism. I picked up the story while researching Workers' Compensation news reports.
See this link: http://www.hrzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=178065
Print the study. It's not a bad one to have in your marketing arsenal.
I released the 2008 EAPTOOLS.COM Catalog. Did you get it? If not, send
me an e-mail at publisher@eaptools.com, and I'll pop one in the mail to you along with a gift certificate.