Abstract
Absenteeism in the organisation is a major problem for many South African organisations and it is a financially crippling factor. It is made worse by the fact that organisations have no proper mechanisms in place to deal with the problem of absenteeism.
The goal of the study is to show that the utilisation of an EAP programme will effectively manage and reduce absenteeism for organisations. Use was made of a literature review.
Recommendations are made on how to implement and manage EAPs in the organisation in order to reduce absenteeism.
Prof. F. Crous