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Don’t Let Mental Health Support Weaken Post-Pandemic

November 29, 2021

Via: SHRM

During the first year of the pandemic, employees and company leaders were largely in agreement about the need to prioritize mental health. However, as the economy recovers and the pandemic starts to wind down, senior leaders and employees may soon be singing from different hymn books.

New research found that employees (including managers and nonmanagers) and leaders (C-level executives) have very different views about the ongoing need to prioritize mental health support. While 67 percent of the senior leaders surveyed plan to return to the mental health strategy they used before the pandemic, about one-third of employees are considering changing companies for the sake of their mental health, according to research from Forrester Consulting and Modern Health.

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