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Move over recruiting, workplace safety is now the #1 priority

According to a new survey conducted by Oasis, a Human Resources (HR) services provider, ensuring a safe work environment amid COVID-19 is the top priority among business leaders. Workplace safety is emphasized more than other important business...

source: HR Daily Advisor

6 ways technology can boost employee well-being

When the move to the virtual workforce was made, employers turned to technology to address their employees’ wellness and productivity. Throughout the pandemic, employers launched a number of new benefit programs to support employees dealing with the pressure of balancing...

source: ebn

Behavioral health: The hidden chronic condition costing you millions

Skyrocketing health care costs are making employers sick. The US spends $3.8 trillion on health care every year; 90% of it is spent on care for chronic conditions. Historically, employers have viewed support for five chronic conditions...

source: Benefits Pro

New study shows opioid crisis in the US is deepening

While Kentucky and the rest of the world focuses on COVID-19, something else has been lurking in the shadows and gaining strength — the opioid epidemic. A large cross-sectional study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that emergency department visit rates for opioid...

source: Spectrum News 1

Employee mental health is improving but benefits are still needed

Employees are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the new year, employee stress and anxiety have decreased from the record lows seen in December, according to the Mental Health Index...

source: ebn

Vaccine acceptance gap hits employers

First, there was employers’ immediate concern about how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the workplace. When would it be safe for employees who got sick or tested positive to return to the worksite and protect their co-workers? Could we come up with an effective...

source: EHS Today

Black professionals report pressure to change behavior, appearance at work

Being one's authentic self is encouraged in best diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices. However, the greater majority of Black professionals working in the finance, law, accounting and consulting fields said they felt pressure...

source: HR Dive

For mindfulness programs, 'with whom' may be more important than 'how'

For people who feel stressed, anxious or depressed, meditation can be a way to find some emotional peace. Structured mindfulness-based meditation programs, in which a trained instructor leads regular group sessions featuring meditation,...

source: Brown University

Forget the 4-day workweek. How about the 5-hour work day?

To give employees flexibility, some companies have experimented with a four-day workweek. But what if instead of shortening the workweek, they shortened the work day, giving employees back a few hours at a time? That’s a question that employers may have to consider...

source: Fast Company

Pandemic's mental health burden heaviest among young adults

The pandemic has closed schools, offices, sports arenas and limited social interaction for millions of people -- perhaps an even bigger struggle for young people more used to being active.

source: ABC News

Survey: Only 6% of US employers plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccination

As employers debate how to respond to the ongoing roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations, a recent survey by management-side firm Littler Mendelson found only 6% of respondents planned to require that all employees get vaccinated once shots...

source: HR Dive

The gender gap disappeared when women used these assertive phrases in a workplace study

What underpins the workplace gender gap? It may be just words. This is the finding of a new study in Management Science out of Washington State University, in which researchers successfully made a workplace gender gap disappear via language choices.

source: Fast Company

EAPs have never been more important to employees

There is a reason why most employers have an EAP and the data proves it again. EAPs have never been more relevant than they are today because employees and their families need mental health and work-life assistance. Most EAPs report that the volume of calls from employees...

source: ebn

Are happy people more productive?

Happy employees are 13% more productive, one study showed. Maybe that's why some companies have Chief Happiness Officers.

source: EHS Today

Which suicide prevention strategies work?

A new study from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has found that suicide mortality can be reduced by a federally coordinated approach employing scientifically proven options. Columbia researchers J. John Mann, MD, Christina A. Michel, MA, and...

source: Columbia University Irving Medical Center via EurekAlert!

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Move over recruiting, workplace safety is now the #1 priority

6 ways technology can boost employee well-being

Behavioral health: The hidden chronic condition costing you millions

New study shows opioid crisis in the US is deepening

Employee mental health is improving but benefits are still needed

Vaccine acceptance gap hits employers

Black professionals report pressure to change behavior, appearance at work

For mindfulness programs, 'with whom' may be more important than 'how'

Forget the 4-day workweek. How about the 5-hour work day?

Pandemic's mental health burden heaviest among young adults

Survey: Only 6% of US employers plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccination

The gender gap disappeared when women used these assertive phrases in a workplace study

EAPs have never been more important to employees

Are happy people more productive?

Which suicide prevention strategies work?

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