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title: How Employers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health During a Recession
description: Employers should know how to help employees with their mental health, especially during a recession.
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# [How Employers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health During a Recession](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/how-employers-can-support-employees-mental-health-during-a-recession)

 Written by [Alexis Schlimbach](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/author/alexis-schlimbach) | Jan 27, 2023 6:23:55 PM

*1 minute read*

A recession is a significant and widespread downturn in economic activity. It can cause layoffs and increases in unemployment. A recession not only impacts people financially but can also impact someone’s overall well-being. This is an important time for employers to help support their employees’ mental health.

## **Impacts of Employee Mental Health**

Employee mental health can impact both the individual and the workplace. This may include increased absences, reduced productivity, and workplace tension and conflict. These consequences, coinciding with a potential reduction in the workforce due to a recession, could be catastrophic for an organization.

 

## **Offer Support**

There are many ways that employers can offer mental health support including:

- **Talking openly about mental health support in the workplace. **Destigmatize this subject by educating employees about mental health.
- **Providing support through employee assistant programs (EAP). **Mental health assistance can include mental health screenings, employee flexibility, and allowing mental health leave.
- **Surveying the needs of employees. **Polling employees can help employers know how best to provide help by targeting employees’ needs.
- **Providing stress management resources to employees. **Stress can contribute significantly to employees’ mental health. Employers may want to have one-on-one meetings to see how employees are doing, encourage work-life balance, and teach employees breathing techniques.

[Download the bulletin ](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/Blog%20-%20supporting%20documents/bulletin-support-mental-health-recession.pdf)for more details.

 

## **Additional Resource**

[*NIS’s Mental Health Resources*](https://info.nisbenefits.com/mental-health-resources)

 

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