7 Stats On COVID-19’s Impact On Employee Mental Health
- 05.26.2020
- Facts and Research
Stress related to COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on people’s mental health, as demand for support services surges and substance abuse and suicides continue to rise. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released a report to delve ...
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Survey: Current Workforce Values Mental Health, Professional Development
- 05.20.2020
- Facts and Research
Recently, Ernst & Young conducted their “Better You” survey to examine how employee benefits are valued by both the current and upcoming workforces. By collecting responses from 1,000 employees across different generations and 1,000 current ...
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Working From Home, Employees Lament Absence Of On-site Perks
- 05.18.2020
- Corporate Wellness
While working remotely can be extremely attractive to employees, there are still several companies that have built workforce happiness through appealing on-site perks. Meal services and free snacks, fitness gear and facilities, and high-tech office ...
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Demands For Caregiving Benefits Accelerated by COVID-19
- 05.11.2020
- Corporate Wellness
Even prior to the coronavirus pandemic, employee demand for caregiving benefits was on the rise. A growing retirement-age population coupled with more households featuring two working spouses highlighted this growing need for caregiver-employee ...
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Working From Home: The New Normal
- 05.06.2020
- Corporate Wellness
On its earnings call last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella summed up the current and long-term changes from COVID-19 with a simple sentence: “We’ve seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months.” On a previous blog post, a similar ...
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COVID-19 Impacts College Graduates’ Career Plans
- 04.27.2020
- Corporate Wellness
It’s a difficult time for soon-to-be college graduates entering the workforce. Not only have many been forced home from college early as plans to celebrate graduation disappear, but now they are entering into an economy that has been devastated by ...
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5 Ways Post-COVID Work Will Be Different
- 04.15.2020
- Corporate Wellness
New social distancing measures due to COVID-19 have drastically changed the way employees work and businesses operate. It has also led companies to re-evaluate their economic strategies and wellness priorities. Undoubtedly, this will have lasting ...
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Wellness Programs Help Mitigate The Effects Of Pandemics
- 04.01.2020
- Corporate Wellness
The benefits of employee wellness programs are numerous, with their obvious gains addressing better economic output and a healthier population. Now, as communities across the US and the rest of the world battle the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re proving ...
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The Case For Wellness Benefits During An Economic Crisis
- 03.25.2020
- Corporate Wellness
As of March 2020, the UN’s trade and development agency is estimating that the global economic slowdown will end up costing over $1 trillion. Both business owners and employees are feeling uneasy about finances as many industries—especially tourism, ...
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Are Caregiving Benefits Doing Enough For Employees? COVID-19 Edition
- 03.23.2020
- Corporate Wellness
Caregiving benefits are an important part of any wellness program, particularly with today’s growing retirement-age population and the fact that more households feature two working parents. Managing medical care for family members and paying for ...
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