Crain’s Cleveland Business (2/14, Coutre) reports, “Faced with new or different challenges” brought to light by the pandemic, “many employees are more aware of their own mental health needs, and as they spoke up, employers, too, have developed a stronger awareness of the importance of addressing those needs, said Patty Starr, president and CEO of Health Action Council…a nonprofit coalition representing midsize to large employers that aims to enhance human and economic health.” For example, many “employers are making significant investments in employee assistance programs and benefits like outpatient mental healthcare.” These programs offer “substantial opportunity for cost savings in employers’ mental healthcare benefits, and” help address “concerns of presenteeism, absenteeism and productivity.”
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— “Making mental health a top priority is growing trend for employers, employees “Lydia Coutré, Crain’s Cleveland Business, February 14, 2022