Health and Wellness: Is Your Company Keeping Up?
The numbers don’t lie. The inclusion of new, innovative health and wellness offerings and initiatives as part of a company’s benefits package is increasing dramatically. In a survey by WorldatWork, the leading nonprofit professional association [...]
Five Steps Businesses Need To Be Taking Now To Address The Opioid Crisis
According to the CDC, 115 people die in the US everyday of opioid overdoses. That’s more than from car accidents, gun violence, and most forms of cancers. Opiate related overdoses are now the leading cause [...]
Espyr® Announces Major Marketing Partnership with Fairbanks
Partnership To Bring Next Generation Behavioral Health Management Program To Fairbanks Employer Relationships Espyr, the leading behavioral health company developing innovative solutions for maximizing human and organizational potential, and Fairbanks, one of the oldest and [...]
What Makes Healthy Companies Healthy?
Most of us spend more time at work than we do at home and research has proven that the modern workplace is not the healthiest place. Due to too much time sitting at a desk, [...]
The Benefit That Retains Talent and Cuts Cost?
You're In For A Surprise. It’s always a challenge to attract and retain good employees. But in times of high employment – like today – the challenge is even greater. Of course, in any economy, [...]
Removing the Stigma of Mental Health
Many people feel uncomfortable talking about mental health. Thanks to a long history of movies, books and news stories, the term “mental illness” may conjure up disturbing images of hallucinating schizophrenics, mass shootings and psychotic [...]
Five Steps to A More Effective EAP
You made a smart decision. You researched comprehensive EAP (Employee Assistance Program) plans and now you’re interviewing providers in order to offer your employees a host of customized behavioral health services as a valuable new [...]
A Surprisingly Effective Solution for Stronger EAP Engagement
One of the most common criticisms of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) is the low level of employee engagement. The National Business Group on Health estimates that only 5% of employees use their employer’s EAP annually. [...]
Suicides On The Rise: What Should Employers Do?
As always happens following celebrity suicides, the deaths of fashion icon Kate Spade and author/TV personality Anthony Bourdain have led to a barrage of TV, news and social media stories exploring how and why they [...]