SHRM January 26, 2022
One-quarter of large employers have adopted a formal well-being strategy
As the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt peoples’ lives, employees’ mental health remains a top HR priority.
As in the past two years, employers identify stress and burnout as a major threat for their workforces, according to survey results released in January by consultancy WTW (formerly Willis Towers Watson). The firm’s 2021 Wellbeing Diagnostic Survey, conducted in October, asked 322 U.S. employers with 100 or more employees about their expectations for 2022. Among the findings:
- 86 percent of employers said mental health, stress and burnout were still a priority.
- 49 percent, however, had not formally articulated a well-being strategy for their workforce.
- 26 percent had...
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