Encouraging Employee Wellness

7 Ways to Help an Employee Coping With a New Diagnosis

When one of your employees gets a new diagnosis, especially an unexpected one, their worrying doesn't stop as they leave the…

Helping Employees in a Mental Health Emergency

Think about all the plans and protocols you have in place for the safety and well-being of your workforce. You probably have…

Opioid Epidemic: Why Employers Should Care and What They Can Do About It

September is National Recovery Month and a good time to start In-touch employers know that the effects of the opioid crisis…

Destigmatizing Employee Illness, Part 6: Opioid Addiction

Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Muscle aches, sleeplessness, anxiety, nausea — the list of…

Should You Promote Annual Mental Health Checkups?

We all know that annual checkups are key to preventing serious illness. But if a yearly doctor's visit is good for…

Why Promoting Vaccinations Is Still Relevant

Unless your business is in health care, you probably don't spend a lot of time thinking about vaccinations. Still, they're…

Destigmatizing Invisible Illness, Part 5: Autoimmune Diseases

It's been called the invisible epidemic, but for those living through it, it can be hard to understand why the rest of the…

Life Insurance in the Age of Debt

Many employees depend on employer-sponsored benefits to help them achieve their financial security and wellness goals. An…

3 Surprise Costs of Having a Baby (and How to Prepare Employees)

It's no coincidence that one of the most special times in a person's life also happens to be among the most…

Are Wellness Program Incentives Worth the Investment?

As health care costs rise, employers have looked to wellness programs to improve employee health and keep expenses down. But…

Would a Game Room Boost Your Employee Engagement?

Popularized by hot employers like Google and Apple, game rooms have become a way for companies to boost employee engagement…

Dialing Into Mental Health: How (and Why) Telemedicine Works

As telehealth benefits for minor injuries or illnesses continue to become a staple of strong company benefits packages,…