MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS: Employees are demanding greater mental health support: Managers need to be more vocal about their own mental health challenges to make treatment and support more accessible.

Employers and employees have differing opinions on how organizations are managing pandemic stress.

While 96% of employers think they are doing enough to support employee mental health, just 69% of employees feel the same, according to a recent report by Ginger, a mental healthcare platform. Ninety-two percent of employers say they have increased their focus on mental health during the pandemic, but just 57% of employees agree.

COVID has been a pressure test for workers who are dealing with high rates of stress, anxiety and burnout. More than 60% of employees say they are burned out, according to a survey from Blind. Employers need to be vocal about making mental health a priority through benefits...