Workplace Mental Health

In the midst of a crisis, mental health and self-care is paramount. The resources below can help you support your workforce during these uncertain times. Mental well-being has a significant impact throughout the U.S. and Canada and, in turn, throughout our workplaces and on employee benefit plans.

​Webcasts

New Mental Health Parity Guidance: More Clarity, but More Compliance Obligations

The IRS, DOL and HHS recently released new guidance on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). Join us for this webinar as we break down hundreds of pages of new guidance affecting plan sponsors, third-party administrators, pharmacy benefit managers and others. Learn about topics with extensive implications for the benefits landscape, including proposed regulations along with a technical release and a new report to Congress on MHPAEA enforcement.

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Uniting Forces: Employer-Community Partnership Fostering Employee Mental and Behavioral Health and Well-Being

COVID-19 worsened the mental health crisis in the U.S. and exposed the ongoing critical shortage of behavioral health workers available to support employee well-being. To address this, employers and community partners collaborated to create an award-winning train-the-trainer certification program for human resources professionals.

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Survey Reports

Workplace Wellness and Financial Education Programs: 2022

Workplace Wellness and Financial Education Programs: 2022 Survey Results, reveals details about workplace wellness programs and physical health-related offerings as well as organizational status and approach, communication methods, incentives and the use of data/metric and outcomes.

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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits: 2021

More than four in five organizations (88%) believe workers are more stressed than they were just two years ago, according to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits: 2021 Survey Results

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Blogs

Articles

• Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support in the Workplace (Benefits Magazine, November/December 2022) 
  
• Supporting Mental Health: Diverse Employees, Diverse Needs (Benefits Magazine, May/June 2022) 
• Family Mental Health and the Impact on the Workplace (Plans & Trusts, January/February 2023) 
• Mental Health Parity Compliance: Hidden Hurdles (Benefits Magazine, March/April 2023)
• What's Working: Building Better Behavioral Health Care (Benefits Magazine, September/October 2023) 
• How to Leverage Your EAP for a Mentally Healthy Workplace: What Leaders Need to Know and Do (Benefits Magazine, July/August 2023)

Additional Resources

• InfoQuick: Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (U.S.)
• Legislative Tracker (U.S.)
• Regulatory Updates
• Canadian Legislative Scorecard
• Sample Documents
• Pillar of Support: Employee Assistance Programs Create Stronger Workplace Foundations (John McCormack, CMA Today, March/April 2023. Permission to reproduce granted by the American Association of Medical Assistants.)