Healthcare benefits

As local governments have issued stay-at-home orders and shut down businesses to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the past year, cases of domestic violence have increased.

Workers need help focusing, organizing themselves and finding the resilience that they need to keep coming back every day to work.

Managers need to be cautious when approaching employees about mental health issues.

Employers should not turn to telemedicine or other digital solutions blindfolded. They should carefully assess what they aim to achieve and how these solutions will help them get there.

Managers need to be more vocal about their own mental health challenges to make treatment and support more accessible.

One-third of the company’s employees reported that they were struggling with high stress levels.

Remote work is taking a toll on employees’ mental health, but the right benefits can help.

An unmanageable workload, insufficient rewards, unfair treatment and a lack of recognition are just a few of the issues plaguing workers.

During the coronavirus pandemic, reducing stress and anxiety has been a focus.

The 2021 class of Rising Stars knows the importance of mental wellness, so they are indulging a few guilty pleasures during the pandemic.

Flexible work hours as well as expensing mental health and fitness initiatives are possible solutions to help struggling employees.

Employee well-being and focus is seeing some small improvements following December’s all time lows.

Employees are reporting the lowest levels of mental well-being since the start of the pandemic. Here’s how employers are responding with benefits and EAPs.

Studies demonstrate positive clinical outcomes and a high level of satisfaction over a large population of employees who had access to top-tier EAPs.

While Aetna and several other insurance companies do cover the cost of gender-reassignment surgeries, the pool of companies offering coverage is declining.

Employees are eager for wellness benefits that support them with mental health, stress management and other pandemic-caused challenges.

Mental health benefits are the key to keeping employees healthy and fully engaged.

Holiday stress, political uncertainty and COVID-related financial challenges all contributed to the decrease in employee well-being at the end of 2020.

Our top stories from January look at predictions for the workplace this year and how employers plan to tackle COVID-19 vaccinations.

Employer priorities haven’t changed much in the new year; solutions to reduce healthcare costs and mental health services are still in demand.