Employee Benefit News September 15, 2021
Many employers are patting themselves on the back for a job well done amidst the pandemic — and employees are arguing that there may be no cause for celebration just yet.
Eighty-eight percent of C-suite executives and 86% of HR leaders think they’re doing a good job when it comes to mental health, according to research commissioned by Modern Health and conducted by Forrester Consulting. And while 87% of workers want their employers to care about their mental health, only 66% actually feel supported and 28% feel that their employer failed to support their mental health during the pandemic.
“We’re seeing this shared interest [in employee mental health benefits],” Cynthia Castro Sweet, senior director of clinical research at Modern Health,...