Employers who offer mental health benefits, and a safe and supportive working environment, often experience higher rates of employee engagement, loyalty, and job satisfaction. In this article, we list three approaches that address and improve employee retention rates. 

 

 

• Encourage employees to take frequent breaks during the course of the workday.
• Create distraction-free environments in which employees may work uninterrupted.
• Establish remote work boundaries that help employees.
• Train managers and supervisors to lead with empathy and emotional intelligence.
• When your employees finish demanding work tasks (cognitive, emotional, or physical), enable them to switch to simpler tasks for a certain duration so they may regain balance.

 

 

 

Enhance employee benefits with mental health and well-being options. (Photo: Internet)

 

• Primary health-care with sufficient mental-health coverage.
• Onsite mental health care and programs.
• Workplace practices that support a healthy work-life balance.
• Stress management and burnout prevention education and techniques.
• Access to mental-health apps.
• Ongoing education about mental-health awareness.

 

 

• Communicate clearly mental-health and wellness benefits, programs, and policies, as well as how to obtain help and resources when needed.
• Set aside time for enjoyable activities that facilitate employee bonding outside the (in-person or virtual) workplace and provide opportunity for mental and physical relaxation.
• Cultivate a culture of psychological safety; this paves the way for dialogues with employees when you observe job performance concerns or indications that they are experiencing worry or stress.