07/17/2024
Are you aware of the term “polycrisis”? Johnny Taylor, SHRM president and CEO, describes it as when multiple concurrent problems strike at once. And in the opening session of SHRM’s June Annual Conference and Expo, he told attendees that this phenomenon is headed straight for HR.
07/08/2024
Employee assistance program referrals can help workers deal with small mental- or behavioral-health problems—for example, showing up for work hungover—before they balloon into mental- and behavioral-health crises, such as developing alcoholism. Bosses are often the ones who talk to troubled subordinates about availing themselves of EAP services. However, they must take great care when they have those conversations.