Starbucks is taking steps to improve its employees’ mental health with a new long-term initiative that includes an enhanced employee assistance program and mental health training for store managers, beginning in the second quarter of next year.
The coffee giant is partnering with Mental Health First Aid, a national program that teaches people the skills they need to respond to the signs of mental illness and substance use, to offer training to managers. By January, Starbucks employees in the U.S. and Canada will also have access to subscriptions for the app Headspace, which offers meditation techniques to users.
