In the past, an employee’s mental health wasn’t any of his or her employer’s business. Now it is. The pandemic and the lifestyle changes resulting from the public response to it have triggered a range of significant medical and mental health concerns in previously healthy individuals.
This article, published on HR Daily Advisor and written by Jeanne Griffin, RN, MPH, a Principal in the Health practice at Buck, discusses the cost of mental illness and how employer initiatives can help workers during this time.