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Mental health is different for each of your employees and doesn’t just refer to mental illness. As a result, major health organizations are referring to mental health as “mental well-being.”
While there’s not a specific definition of mental well-being, various studies agree that achieving a state of mental wellbeing includes being able to:
• Realize one’s full potential
• Work productively
• Cope with the normal stresses of life
• Contribute meaningfully to one’s community Despite talking about mental well-being becoming more prevalent socially, many employees are still wary of discussing mental health struggles. Here’s some ways that your organization can support employee mental well-being.
ONE: Create a Supportive, Stigma free Environment
One of the best ways that employers can support employee mental health is through company culture. Company culture is the personality of a company and the environment in which its employees work. It is the unifying element that holds everyone in an organization together.
TWO: Tackle Workplace Stress
While it may not be possible to eliminate job stress entirely for your employees, you can help them learn how to manage it effectively. As an employer, you can take several steps to help employees reduce their work-related stress by making sure workloads are appropriate, meet regularly with employees, and recognize and celebrate employees’ successes.
THREE: Prevent Workplace Bullying
Workplace bullying is a common occurrence, and it’s up to your organization to develop strategies and policies to deter it from occurring. You can control the risk of bullying in your workplace by developing a workplace bullying policy, provide training, education, information and awareness on workplace bullying for all employees.
FOUR: Expand Telemental Health Offerings
Expanding your health benefits to include coverage of telemental health services can help employees who are struggling with mental health issues while also helping you keep overall health care costs down. Mental health providers rarely have to perform any physical services on their patients and the availability of mobile devices makes it easier for people to access mental health professionals.
FIVE: Choose Your Insurance Broker Wisely
Organizations can benefit greatly in these areas with the assistance of a consultative insurance broker (trusted adviser). Working with the right broker will help you improve the lives of your employees and your organization; “Happy employees create happy customers, every-time.” Do not wait until renewal to evaluate and make changes; it might be too late for some of your employees suffering in silence.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
As Vice President of HR Consulting and Training for Alltrust, Dan Posada, works with clients to provide consultations for HR related issues, conduct HR assessments, guidance on new HR compliance, onsite training, and more. If you’re considering enriching your benefit offerings to include mental health wellness or questions about our employee benefits services or HR consulting, call Alltrust Insurance at 941-713-6187 or visit https://alltrustbenefits.consulting/sarasota-hr.
