Companies are offering benefits like virtual therapy and meditation apps as Covid-19 stress grows

CNBC October 10, 2020
Ari Levy

Key Points

– Meditation apps Headspace and Calm and virtual therapy services like Lyra Health and Modern Health have seen huge adoption by employers in recent months.

– Saturday is World Mental Health Day, and the World Health Organization says demand for mental health services is increasing across the globe because of the pandemic.

– “So many organizations have recognized that mental health is a must-have for employees rather than a nice to have,” said Alex Will, Calm’s chief strategy officer.

Like many modern tech companies, UiPath had been expanding its mental health benefits to employees in recent years, committing the equivalent of 1% of salaries to health and wellness programs. More than seven months into the coronavirus pandemic,...

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