Help Employees Maintain Mental Well-Being during COVID-19

Following quarantine and social-distancing recommendations can help stop the spread of COVID-19, but employee’s mental health could suffer with these new guidelines.  If you offer benefits, your healthcare providers may be able to offer guidance, articles, and ideas to help employees handle these changes.  
Ways to help employees include; 

• Keep in touch with employees; working at home can be isolating so schedule team meetings and keep employees updated
• Leverage technology resources to keep employees connected
• Encourage employees to take breaks during the day and stretch, meditate, take short walks or exercise
• Set up exercise challenges, video exercise apps or wellness programs to motivate employees to create teamwork, as well as promote wellness. 

Because of COVID-19, employees are more isolated from family, friend and co-workers.  Everyone reacts differently and employers can help by promoting a variety of available resources and how employees can access them.