Health and wellness

Employers should embrace their critical role in stemming productivity loss. Start by taking a fresh look at your benefit packages.

Employers should take these accommodations into account when helping staff set up a remote work environment.

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.

When considering how to adapt workplace wellness initiatives, employers must ensure workers have the resources necessary to meet their health and well-being goals, from wherever they are.

Employees’ caregiver responsibilities have grown during the pandemic and will not abate when they return to a physical work environment.

It’s extremely important to avoid a false sense of security among employees if providing them with cloth masks. Remind them that cloth masks are only part of a multi-pronged strategy to keep the workplace safe.

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.

For office buildings, there’s a whole new slate of rules to worry about 一 for dealing with the coronavirus.

When the world went remote, the shift put light on the challenges that remote workers have always faced, including being excluded from meetings and not receiving information about policy changes.

Employees are cautious about discussing their mental health at work, but addressing these challenges can improve outcomes and lower healthcare costs.

As with all disruption, however, we now have the opportunity to adjust our structures, mindsets and ways of working to emerge from the crisis stronger than ever before.

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.

From virtual workout classes and snack boxes, to tech gadgets and online resources, here are some of the best tools companies can provide to support their remote workforce.

Major depression is just one of hundreds of conditions where employers struggle to improve outcomes and costs.

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.

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.

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.

Companies should adopt strategies from across three different categories — screening and testing; workplace policies and design; and health and healthcare access when planning their workplace return.

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.