3 ways to refresh your workspace to be more productive at home
While remote work has presented challenges to productivity and mental health, there are ways to improve your workspace and routines to feel more focused.
Behavioral Health
From persona to person: what will it take to face mental health in 2021?
You know your employees best — but when it comes to their mental health, how do you realistically “meet employees where they are?”
Benefits Think How employers can help manage productivity — and stress — during coronavirus
Employers should embrace their critical role in stemming productivity loss. Start by taking a fresh look at your benefit packages.
Seth Serxner
Optum
Starbucks expands mental health benefits with first aid program
The coffee giant has introduced several new mental health benefits including free Headspace subscriptions and 20 mental health sessions with a therapist a year for free.
Benefits Think What role can employers play in supporting employees facing loss or trauma?
High levels of stress associated with loss and trauma increase employees’ risk for physical and mental health problems including diabetes, heart disease, anxiety, depression and substance misuse.
Dr. Miles Varn
PinnacleCare
Mental health stigma still a barrier during coronavirus
Employees are cautious about discussing their mental health at work, but addressing these challenges can improve outcomes and lower healthcare costs.
Benefits Think Opioid crisis exacerbated by COVID-19: What employers can do
Seventy five percent of employers reported being directly affected by opioids, often as contributing to workplace accidents, lost productivity, staffing issues, missed workdays, and increased care and leave costs.
Erin Peterson
Integrated Benefits Institute
Benefits Think The value of treating depression through the eyes of purchasers and patients
Major depression is just one of hundreds of conditions where employers struggle to improve outcomes and costs.
Jennifer Bright
Innovation and Value Initiative
Is working from home forever the new reality? It is for these companies
Tech companies are leading the way on allowing employees to work from home permanently. The model is starting to take hold in other industries as well.
Benefits Think How top-tier EAPs can facilitate the post-pandemic return to work
Organizations addressing the post-pandemic return to work will be required to assemble teams of specialists in safety, security, HR and risk management to aid in the challenge.
Kathleen Greer
KGA
Strategies for making mental healthcare core to your organization
Employees are struggling to improve their mental health as the coronavirus is still a main concern, combined with the racial injustice crisis the country is facing.
Benefits Think A business imperative: Prioritizing mental health in the wake of COVID-19
Employee mental health is vital to a company’s performance, but the pandemic is worsening wellness as time passes and long-term effects compound, driving more insomnia, stress, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress.
David Ebersman
Lyra Health
Employees say ‘feeling stressed’ is top reason for lying about sick days
Out of the employees surveyed in the U.K., the U.S., Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, those in the U.S. are the most likely to lie to their employer about their reason for taking a sick day.
What employers can do to support Black employees right now
Corporate messages and social media outreach may be well intended, but diversity experts say companies need to do more to support Black employees in a time of crisis.
Frontline employees at high risk of burnout and other mental health challenges
Employee mental health is a workplace crisis, with frontline workers struggling with increased anxiety and depression during the coronavirus pandemic.
Companies prioritize learning and development in the wake of coronavirus crisis
With an eye on boosting internal mobility and promoting strong mental health, more employers are investing in learning and development.
Benefits Think Experiences in crisis: How employee expectations will change and what leaders can do about it
Leading through this crisis requires empathy for what people are going through now and understanding how living through this crisis will shape people’s expectations around work and non-work lives.
Luke Mahoney
SAP
Benefits Think Smart CEOs must hear employee cry for mental health benefits
Around 63% of workers say their company could do more to support their emotional and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Within this group, 22% said their company’s response was “barely adequate,” “a disaster” or “non-existent.”
Sally Welborn
Employer Health Innovation Roundtable
Virtual therapy, yoga, pet parties: Banks’ answers to worker stress
Demand has soared for mental health services as bank employees put in long hours, supervise kids while working at home and endure personal crises. Citi, BofA, Fifth Third and others are getting creative to help them decompress during the pandemic.
Benefits Think How to support grieving employees
Those who are bereaved need comfort from each other and extra effort needs to be made to reach out and encourage employees to take advantage of their EAPs.
Kathleen Greer
KGA