Healthcare

Addressing drug and alcohol addiction needs to be a long-term strategy for employers.

Making it easy and rewarding for remote employees to take part in wellness programs builds a sense of belonging and can also have a positive impact on the employees’ physical and mental health and well-being.

Demand for resources provided by Ginger, which connects users to behavioral health experts and services such as coaching via a mobile app, is surging in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Employees have increasingly been turning to their employers for support managing the stressors in their lives outside of work.

Employers can demonstrate support for sober employees by working with their wellness program providers to incorporate new programs, policies and practices within their workplaces.

“Pets really have a positive impact on people,” says Melissa Marshall, vice president of people and organization at Banfield Pet Hospital.

Employees are more confident at work and more loyal to their employer when their tuition and fees are subsidized.

The new service provides virtual and in-person care.

“We can see a future where over the next 10 years, most healthcare interactions will be online,” says Robin Glass, president of Doctor on Demand.

The memo calls for Congress to work with the White House to include permanent paid leave in the $3 trillion “Build Back Better” recovery plan the Biden administration is preparing to roll out.