Chaplains as an employee benefit? You betcha

One unique way to help reduce employees’ work stress and financial worries:
Give them access to a chaplain. It’s not as uncommon as you might think.
One company, Marketplace Chaplains USA, provides client employers with 2,300 chaplains throughout 46 states, 483 cities and six different countries. In all, it’s given 420,000 employees and their families the ability to speak with a chaplain while on the job.
And Marketplace isn’t the only company providing the service. Several others offer it, too — like Corporate Chaplains of America and Chaplain Associates, Inc., to name a few.
Non-denominational program

While the down economy has helped employee-care programs become more common, there is one major difference between them and providing a workplace chaplain — one-on-one interaction that’s offered 24/7.
Chaplains are on call around the clock to chat about everyday life and provide employees with a shoulder to lean on in a time of need.
Their goal isn’t to conduct a Bible study. In fact, chaplains are there to help those of any faith.
Marketplace, for example, provides client employers with chaplains for workers who are Catholic, Buddhist, Jewish, etc.
Accommodations can even be made for those workers who’d feel more comfortable speaking to a chaplain of the same age, gender or race.
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