Employee well-being is essential for the success of any organization. If your employees aren’t happy and healthy, both physically and mentally, it affects productivity, engagement, turnover rates and a company’s bottom line. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. A workforce that is positive, healthy and feels supported by its organization is less […]
Mental Health Awareness Month may be coming to an end, but it can be the beginning of something much bigger for HR pros and the employees who rely on you. If the pandemic and its effect on well-being didn’t bring mental health to the forefront, Mental Health Awareness Month – that’s May – sure has […]
May is mental health awareness month. And while education plays a big part in removing the stigma of having mental health conditions, there’s no reason you can’t have a fun time during the month of May to improve employees’ mental health. The pandemic has shown the world how important mental health is to have a […]
Benefits play a key role in attracting and retaining employees. But that statement has never been truer than now. While there are few positives about living through a pandemic, one would be the spotlight placed on employees’ well-being and wellness strategies employers can use to help them stay physically and mentally fit. For sure, employees […]
We all thought working from home would be a short-term fix for the pandemic. But here we are over two years later and for many, today’s hybrid workplaces are reality. Experts say the new COVID-19 variant, BA.2, spreads more easily than omicron. And while cases are popping up in the U.S., it’s hard to predict […]
How are your employee wellness programs doing? Are employees utilizing them? Are you getting a good return on your investments? If you answered: Not great, no and no, you’re not alone. Many employers have implemented employee wellness programs with the goal to reduce the never-ending costs of health care for their employees. But to be […]
When it comes to the Great Resignation, employers are mainly concerned about losing talent and finding suitable replacements. Few have stopped to think about how this situation is affecting managers and HR. But HR pros aren’t immune to stress and burnout — and needing to hire in today’s labor market is a high-pressure challenge. AllVoices […]
Who are your loneliest employees – and how can you help them? The answer (perhaps not surprisingly) is that it’s your 100% full-time remote employees. This is according to Gallup researchers, who recently looked at these questions in light of changes in actual work locations. Two years into the pandemic, and even with adjustments to […]
Employee mental health isn’t getting better – and HR will likely need to do more to help. Nearly a year ago, we reported employee burnout raged on. By now, we all thought we’d rebound, but that doesn’t seem to be so. More than half of all employees say their mental health deteriorated since the beginning […]
