Mental health benefits

COVID, financial instability and a lack of child care are affecting working mothers’ mental health.

Mental health needs and disorders are the single most expensive category of health costs for employers of all sizes and across all industries.

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.