Employers Advised to Prepare for Pandemic’s Mental Health Fallout as Employees Return By Arianne Cohen | May 6, 2021
From casual Fridays to after-work drinks, those weekly rituals once taken for granted are returning as Americans head back to the office. And while masks, plexiglass and empty conference rooms will alter the cubescape, employers are nevertheless invested in getting things back to normal or at least as normal as possible.
But that won’t be easy. Covid-19’s damage may be felt in the workplace long after the disease has receded. That’s thanks to the mental and emotional toll the pandemic has taken on employees who, like everyone else, have spent the past year living in fear, isolation and sorrow.
Employers brace for COVID s mental health fallout as workers return
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From casual Fridays to after-work drinks, those weekly rituals once taken for granted are returning as Americans head back to the office. And while masks, plexiglass and empty conference rooms will alter the cubescape, employers are nevertheless invested in getting things back to normalâor at least as normal as possible.
But that wonât be easy. COVID-19âs damage may be felt in the workplace long after the disease has receded. Thatâs thanks to the mental and emotional toll the pandemic has taken on employees who, like everyone else, have spent the past year living in fear, isolation and sorrow.