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  • Joined: November 30, -0001
  • Articles: 473

Engaging Today’s Workforce: Holistic Health

Quiet quitting, career cushioning, and other increasingly common buzzwords in the corporate world have a common theme: a perceived lack of care for employees and their experience at work. However, demonstrating employee care — a genuine interest in employees’ overall well-being at work and away from work — can have a positive effect on talent management outcomes.

Integrated Absence Management: Mental Well-Being at Home and Work

With a 25% global increase in anxiety and depression and less access to quality mental healthcare, it’s not surprising that we’ve seen significantly more absenteeism and resignations. Disruptions at work and at home contribute to those increases. Traditional mental healthcare does not address these types of problems directly. A more effective approach is needed to help employees adapt to these challenges.

Absence Matters: Addressing Mental Health

It’s become evident in the last few years that employer-provided behavioral health support is more important than ever. A recent survey reports that 93% of employee benefits leaders believe mental health support will remain a high priority for the next three years. Employers that invest in mental health programs will see results in the bottom line.

Employer Perspective: Ensure Empathy When Assessing Accommodation Requests

Most absence and disability managers aren’t trained mental health professionals. But we may be the first people to observe or address changes in behavior, which is when an integrated approach and collaboration with mental health experts prove most valuable to support employees.

RTW Showcase: Improve Return-to-Work Motivation

Long-term disability (LTD) can have negative consequences on the lives of disabled workers and their families. An inability to return to work can lead to reduced psychological well-being and economic and social deprivation. Employers can prevent long-term absences and promote positive outcomes for disabled workers by prioritizing their physical and mental health to improve motivation for their return to work.

Employer Showcase: SAW Approaches to Mental Health-Related Requests

The team at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics supports leave and accommodation requests for direct patient care staff and those who support business operations. Accommodation requests for medical conditions, including mental health conditions, are up 55%, and leave requests are up 11% from 2020 overall. Based on this data, they recognized the need for better support to manage these events in a healthy way.

Ending of Federally Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements and Public Health Emergency

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced that, at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, it will end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers. The COVID-19 public health emergency also will end on the same day.

RTW Showcase: DEIB and Ability Metrics

As companies strive to meet diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) goals, they should include one large, often overlooked demographic: individuals with disabilities, especially as staffing shortages continue. In addition to showing where the rubber meets the road for an employer’s DEIB program, hiring people with disabilities offers financial and social returns on investment.

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