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Workplace Exposure Program · WERP partnership

Support for workers and families facing exposure-related illness.

Union EAP partners with the Workplace Exposure Research Program (WERP) so members get expert screening and legal help from WERP, and confidential support for the whole family from Union EAP.

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Two programs, one goal

Expert help at every step.

A diagnosis linked to work exposure affects the whole household. WERP leads the medical and legal side, from screening through legal representation. Union EAP walks alongside members and their families through treatment and, when the time comes, hospice and end-of-life care.

Each partner focuses on what it does best, so members always know where to turn.

Who to call

WERP

Screening and legal questions. Exposure screenings and results, legal representation, workers’ compensation and case updates.

Union EAP

Support for you and your family. Counseling, grief support, care coordination, financial resources and help applying for SSI and SSDI, 24/7 at (855) 500-1915.

How each partner helps

Screening and legal assistance

  • Exposure screenings and communicating results
  • Recruiting and assigning legal representation
  • Workers’ compensation attorneys licensed in the member’s state
  • Medical and occupational expert witnesses
  • Updates and questions about screening or legal cases

Support for the whole family

  • Counseling for members, spouses and family
  • Anticipatory grief and bereavement support
  • Care coordination for treatment, hospice and palliative care
  • Finding financial resources and help applying for SSI and SSDI
  • Caregiver respite and community resources
  • Guidance on benefits and end-of-life planning resources
  • Care Coordinators available 24/7/365

Questions about screening results or legal representation? WERP handles those directly. Union EAP Care Coordinators will gladly point you to the right WERP contact.

How referrals work

From WERP to Union EAP

Secure referralWith the member’s written consent, WERP submits the case through Union EAP’s secure, encrypted referral portal.
We reach outA Union EAP Care Coordinator contacts the member within one business day and learns what the member and family need.
Ongoing supportWe connect the family to counseling, care coordination, hospice and financial resources, and stay with them along the way.

Members and families don’t need a referral. Anyone can reach a Care Coordinator directly at (855) 500-1915, call or text.

For WERP staff

Submit a referral

Use the secure WERP referral portal to send a member or family to our care team, along with the signed release. Referrals go straight to our Care Coordination Supervisor.

Password protected · encrypted
Open the referral portal

Your privacy comes first

Confidential, always.

Union EAP is a neutral, confidential space for members. We don’t act as a go-between with employers, locals or legal providers.

  • Information is shared between WERP and Union EAP only with the member’s signed release.
  • Case information moves only through our encrypted portal, never by regular email or text.
  • Union EAP counseling notes stay confidential and are not shared for legal or claim purposes.

Asking for help is part of the job.

Confidential. Free to members and their families. Always answered.

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