Chances are good that you’re paying (and paying a lot) for mental health benefits employees aren’t even aware of. Chances are also good that a number of your plan participants would utilize those services if they were aware of them.  

You’re not alone: 25% of employees don’t know whether they have mental health benefits, and 29% aren’t sure whether those benefits are adequate, according to a National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) poll. 

Overall, the poll indicates that employees aren’t sure what employers offer, how to access it, or how it can help them. And that’s quite an issue when you consider that 92% of employees also reported that mental health coverage is a critical factor for ensuring a positive culture at work.  

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we’re taking it as an opportunity to encourage solutions to this disconnect.  

Each year, one in five U.S. adults experience mental illness. Which means you have a lot of good reasons to ensure your employees know which benefits are available and how they can utilize them.  

Like so many physical conditions, prevention and early intervention make quite a difference in addressing mental health. Benefits like these can go a long way:  

When employees are well-versed in mental health benefits and access them, they feel better, the workplace culture becomes more cohesive and positive, and both of those contribute to productivity, retention, and job satisfaction.  

That ripple effect depends on clear communication about which benefits are available and how to utilize them, because you just can’t maximize the value of your mental health benefits if you haven’t given employees all the tools they need to understand and access those benefits.

Our employee communication and engagement services help you develop a communication strategy and everything that goes into it. We work with you to tailor engaging, easy-to-understand training and educational materials to your team and benefits package.  

Clear communication doesn’t just mean sending out the materials and calling it a day. To get the most from your benefits, you need to keep those tools top of mind across your organization. We help make sure each participant is in the know through all stages of their mental health journey with branded content including: 

Mental health benefits help your organization be the best it can be, and giving employees all they need to understand those benefits is critical to making the progress you’re working so hard for.