How are you Supporting the Mental Health of Your Employees? Jennifer Santisi Director of Communications, IBI Over the past 18 months, we’ve had our lives altered by the pandemic and as a result, it’s taken a toll on the mental health of many in the US. Mental health has been top of mind for [...]
Is it Time to Revisit Workplace Bullying Policies and Best Practices? Dr. Joe Aller, DHA, MBA, CPA Director, Analytics and Research, IBI As employer Covid-19 vaccination and testing policies mature, employees are gradually moving back into the office. It’s an exciting time for co-workers to meet in person, have lunch together and socialize. However, [...]
Overly stressed and diminishing workforce impacted by geographic location, work disruptions, gender and access to care OAKLAND – September 27, 2021 – To help employers better understand and support the mental health needs of their employees, health and productivity research non-profit Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) conducted an analysis of the impact of work disruptions [...]
May 21 event offers strategies for businesses to improve care, access and workplace experience for employees and their family members SAN FRANCISCO – May 17, 2019 – The impact of mental health and substance use disorders in the workplace is of increasing concern for employers. To assist purchasers in improving access to care and experience [...]
Findings indicate growing crisis with pain in the workforce; millennials and males have greatest problematic use SAN FRANCISCO – April 18, 2019 – Chronic pain is a contributing factor to the deadly opioid epidemic and compounding this tragedy is its toll on worker’s daily lives. Use of prescription pain medications are associated with approximately [...]
Polar vortex and other severe weather events can disrupt business operations through disability leaves from work, with mental health of specific concern SAN FRANCISCO – Feb. 6, 2019 – The business disruptions from extreme weather events linked to climate change – such as January’s polar vortex that gripped much of the nation – may [...]
This paper explains that people with disabilities need meaning and purpose in their lives, which for most of us, comes from purposeful work. The paper argues that for all of us, including employers, we need to focus on what employees can do, and provide opportunities for them to return to purposeful work [...]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, the right time to learn how mental illness and job stress may affect your employees, their performance and your business. One in four Americans is affected by mental illness each year, and the World Health Organization says depression will be the costliest disease burden by 2020. When it comes [...]
Organizations continue to deploy money and effort into initiatives to positively impact the health and well-being of their workforce. There are many competing priorities and all appear to be worthwhile. One of the hottest issues that is attracting this attention is resilience. Yet many people still do not know what resilience is, what it relates [...]
In this white paper, Lincoln Financial Group introduces the “Happy Worker Prescription.” Lincoln Financial Group reviews the research literature connecting employee happiness and productivity, explore the components of happiness, and describe why the findings are critical to employer success in the modern economic environment. Lincoln Financial Group concludes with a 10-step “prescription” for maximizing employee [...]
