Mental health issues have long been a concern for employers. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic creates new challenges and changes in employees' work and personal lives, many need even more mental health support.
Connecting employees, when they need help, with trained mental health practitioners and experts is critically important now. "People are dealing with many different problems—loneliness, insomnia, relationship issues, grief caused by the loss of normalcy, freedom and joy," said LuAnn Heinen, vice president with the Business Group on Health in Washington, D.C.
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