May 31st — Statistic #22 From Lyra’s 2022 State of Workforce Mental Health Survey Report: The Great Perception Gap Continues. The survey question was: Do you think your benefits effectively address employees mental health needs? The survey results revealed: Benefits Leaders: Yes — 76% Somewhat — 14% Employees: Yes —…

May 30th — Statistic #21 From Lyra’s 2022 State of Workforce Mental Health Survey Report: The 2021 survey revealed: 36% of the employees reported their company held discussions about mental health with all employees in open forums — up from 20% in 2020 19% of the employees reported their company…

Many models of wellbeing depict the demands of mental and emotional as being separate domains. Personally, I prefer to combine them into one domain. For me, this one domain more closely aligns wellbeing with the widely accepted mind — body — spirit triad. The term mental health is widely used…

May 27th — Statistic #20 From Lyra’s 2022 State of Workforce Mental Health Survey Report: The perception gap continues. Lyra writes in the report: “An alarming 32% of workers said mental health at work is “not discussed at all in their workplace while 6% of benefits leaders said the same.” …

May 26th — Statistic #19 From Lyra’s 2022 State of Workforce Mental Health Survey Report: 41% of the working caregivers who responded to the survey reported they sought “ mental health care to treat their anxiety, depression and other mental health problems… compared to 29% of employees without caregiving responsibilities.” …

Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, it is a good opportunity to build awareness about two international voluntary consensus standards related to psychological health and safety in the workplace. Employers can use these two standards to guide the development of their psychological health and safety initiatives in their workplaces. …

May 25th — Statistic #18 From Lyra’s 2022 State of Workforce Mental Health Survey Report: Lyra writes in the report: “Working parents and caregivers of elderly or disabled loved ones are more likely to face mental health challenges than their non-caregiving peers.” Care Givers: 35% reported their mental health declined …

May 24th — Statistic #17 From Lyra’s 2022 State of Workforce Mental Health Survey Report: “84% of employees surveyed said it is important a prospective employer offer robust and comprehensive mental health benefits.” My Thoughts and Comments: Benefits is the key word here. While I am pretty sure benefits was…

A couple of years ago, there was the Great Worksite Wellness Debate. The debate question then was: Is worksite wellness a success or a failure? Vendors and worksite wellness practitioners have essentially dealt with this question by abandoning the term wellness for the term wellbeing. My colleagues who yesterday were…