Mental health benefits

A California law requires that mental health and substance abuse patients be offered return appointments no more than 10 days after a previous session, unless their provider OKs less frequent visits.

Unused PTO is a burden on employee mental health and an employer’s bottom line. Here are what top companies are doing to encourage time off.

A therapist discusses the impact post-COVID anxiety is having on your employees.

Ahead of World Mental Health Day, experts and HR execs shared what works when it comes to supporting the well-being of their workforce.

Teachers are being pushed to their emotional breaking points as the pandemic continues to cause challenges in the classroom.

Previously diversity and inclusion and mental health initiatives would live in separate corporate domains, but employers increasingly understand the inextricable link between these two issues.

Bond Vet wants their staff to have the tools they need to combat stress, burnout and other health and wellness needs.

Employers can turn to affordable care options to help their workers struggling with poor mental health.

The new platform, called Headspace Health, will provide accessible mental health support to more than 100 million people worldwide.

The road to parenthood can be a difficult journey, and employees are looking for support from their employees.

If you ask these questions and vendors seem uncomfortable or avoid sending a response, it should be a red flag prompting you to look at other alternatives.

It’s powerful when these open conversations start at the top, with executive leadership sharing their own stories of vulnerability.

At Employee Benefit News’ Workplace Strategies Agenda, Lyra Health’s Susan Wyatt discussed how employers should revamp their mental health benefits for the next wave of stressors that employees are facing.

“There's going to be a long tail of mental health issues as we come out of the pandemic because the reasons that lead to these mental health increases are still there.”

After a year marked by a public health crisis, an economic downturn and racial injustice, employers are grappling with difficult questions.

Employers have evolved and recognize the importance of discussing and supporting employee well-being.

As employment transitions into a post-pandemic environment, companies are changing aspects of their mission, investing more resources into the well-being and mental health of their employees.

Even before demand for mental health services ratcheted up during the pandemic, it was often difficult for employees to access the care they needed.

Over 30% of Hubspot’s employees have been actively utilizing the Modern Health benefit since it was rolled out earlier this year.

These full-service EAPs go well beyond counseling. They understand the corporate culture, coach managers on mental health issues, provide training, and respond to crises.