We’re working hard to meet the needs of your clients by getting them access to premium digital health + wellness benefits that address the 2 most important needs of the COVID-19 era workforce: Financial Assistance and Mental and Behavioral Health & Well-Being benefits.
The pandemic has only made things more clear: too many of us live on the financial breaking point. Too many of us are stressed, anxious, and struggling, and it’s impacting our emotional and mental health. To put it bluntly, the downstream consequences of living like this affect our relationships, our families and friends, our careers—and our lives.
The 2 most essential things we need right now are ways to get some financial help and access to affordable health and well-being resources.
We built LIVING 2.0 Essentials to take care of both.
We used the following articles, studies, surveys, reports, and commentaries to inform and develop our benefits bundles. Data used in our marketing messages comes directly from this research.
Financial research articles, surveys, & studies
Finance: Consumer debt climbing during the COVID-19 pandemic | The Daily Sentinel
Financial Stress and Your Health | Cambridge Credit Counseling Corp.
Prevalence of Mental Disorders After Catastrophic Financial Loss | National Library of Medicine
Prescription for Unemployment? Recessions & the demand for Mental Health Drugs | Health Economics
The Consequences of Financial Stress for Individuals, Families, and Society | Carleton University Research Study
63% of Americans Don’t Have Enough to Cover a $500 Emergency | Forbes Magazine
64% of Americans are at risk of retiring broke | The Motley Fool
Americans with student debt owe $24,155 on average | BenefitsPro
The Great Lockdown: Worst Economic Downturn Since the Great Depression | Int’l Monetary Fund
Recession vs Depression & What To Expect from COVID-19 | Real Wealth Network
Need for financial wellness services has reached critical mass | Benefits Pro
Trends Study 2020 Supporting Employee Well-Being in Uncertain Times | METLIFE Study
Opinion: Half of Americans over 55 may retire poor | MarketWatch
How employers ‘do’ employee financial wellness, and one issue the near-future may bring | BenefitsPro
The 2020 AFLAC Workforce Report | AFLAC
Uncertainty and financial stress driving closer scrutiny of employee benefits | BenefitsPro
More Americans fall into poverty after federal stimulus programs end | CNN
Unemployment’s Toll on Older Workers Is Worst in Half a Century| AARP
NEW! Fidelity 2021 Resolutions Study Fact Sheet | Fidelity
NEW! Nearly 40% of Americans say they’ll be in financial survival mode in 2021 | ABC WSAW
NEW! Survival Mode: Where 4 in 10 Americans Say They’ll Be Financially in 2021 | 401(k) Specialist
NEW! Over 68% of Americans had financial setbacks in 2020 amid the pandemic | USA TODAY
Behavioral Health + Wellbeing research articles, surveys, & studies
COVID-19’s Toll: Mental Distress Among Americans Has Tripled During the Pandemic | TIME
Smart CEOs must hear employee cry for mental health benefits | Benefit News
World in mental health crisis of ‘monumental suffering‘ | University of Washington
The Millennial Mental Health Crisis | The Atlantic
More mental health resources in the workplace must accompany cultural shifts | Benefits Pro
UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during/after COVID-19 | UN News
Frontline employees at high risk of burnout and other mental health challenges | Benefit News
A Suffering Generation: 6 factors contributing to the mental health crisis in No American higher education | College Quarterly
Why Young People Face a Major Mental Health Crisis | Psychology Today
Recovering from addiction during a time of uncertainty and social distancing | Harvard Health Pub.
What Managers Can Do to Ease Workplace Stress | Society for Human Resource Management
Coronavirus stress: Mental health issues are rising among workers, but help is available | CNBC
Prevalence of Depression Symptoms in US Adults Before & During the Pandemic | JAMA Network
Beyond Telehealth & EAPs: Need more mental health assistance during COVID | Benefits Pro
An Epidemic of Depression and Anxiety Among Young Adults | Bloomberg
Employees Three Times More Likely To Experience Poor Mental Health Now | Forbes
Mental Health America Survey: Mental Health in the Workplace | FlexJobs
Remote workers suffer from loneliness and isolationism as the pandemic in the U.S. drags on | CNBC
How to Manage the Loneliness and Isolation of Remote Workers | Gallup
Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic | CDC.GOV
Behavioral Health Market Overview | HarrisWIlliams & Co.
Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Care Advances Value for Patients, Providers and Communities | American Hospital Association
Ways Working in the Gig Economy Can Negatively Impact Your Mental Health | RTOR.org
Sleepless Nights, Hair Loss and Cracked Teeth: Pandemic Stress Takes Its Toll | Kaiser Health News
Free On-Demand 6-Session Course on Kids & Parents Mental Health | National Alliance on Mental Illness
How Mental Health Can Save Businesses $225 Billion Each Year | Inc. Magazine
Mental Health Access & Care Household Pulse Survey | CDC National Center for Health Statistics
5 priorities for employers developing effective well-being programs | Employee Benefits News
COVID poses ‘greatest threat to mental health since WWII’ | The Guardian
COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll in America’s mental health-care deserts | National Geographic
Millennials Are Struggling the Most With Mental Health During the Pandemic—Here’s Why, and What to Do About It | Parade
What happens when COVID-19 and addiction collide? | Human Resource Executive
NAVIGATING COVID-19 Study: Impact on Mental Health | SHRM
Mental health numbers ‘going in the wrong direction’ | HR Executive
INFOGRAPHIC: COVID-19 Impact on Behavioral Health in the Workplace | The Standard
Addressing Substance Abuse in the Remote Workplace | Reworked
Report: The Role of Emergency Savings in Financial Wellness | Secure Retirement Institute
Report: Small Business Benefit Trends 2021 | Colonial Life
NEW! 3 Employee Benefits Trends for 2021’s ‘next normal’ | BenefitsPro
NEW! Lesson from COVID-19: Time for employers to invest in prevention instead of just treatment of mental illness | BenefitsPro
NEW! US cases of depression have tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic | MedicalNewsToday
NEW! The employee burnout crisis needs more than a reactive tech stack | BenefitsPro
NEW! Pandemic burnout could affect employee retention, report cautions | BizWomen
NEW! Infographic: The employee mental health crisis is coming | BenefitsPro
NEW! STUDY: Prevalence of Depression Symptoms in US Adults Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic | The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Employee Benefits Surveys & Reports
The age of agility | Thompson Online Benefits Research Study
US Benefits Trend Report 2020 | NFP
2020 Workplace Benefits Report | Bank of America
Has COVID-19 Forever Changed the Future of Benefits? | The Hartford
The Future of Benefits INFOGRAPHIC | The Hartford
NEW! DDI Global Leadership Forecast 2021-final.pdf | Global Leadership Forecast 2021 Study