How do you help employees with mental health issues?
Welcome to the Manager Update page. As a member of Costco leadership, you have an important role to play in helping to support your employees’ well-being. You can encourage them to get to know their benefits so they can take full advantage of them.
Report on employee benefits usage
Here are the latest resources for employee benefits usage from our suppliers:
2nd MD:
- Consultation increase: 11.5%
Omada:
- Consultation increase: 22.2%
Understanding mental health and its impacts
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the focus of our WITT content. Your employees will learn how to deal with the emotional aftereffects of a disaster. Find ways to fight the stigma of mental health issues. Explore affordable therapy options. Watch a TED Talk about the positive mental health effects of exercise. And enjoy a healthy new breakfast sandwich from WeightWatchers®.
Employee mental health is a top priority
That’s why it’s so important that you, as a member of Costco leadership, know the resources and tools that can help them.
Be sure to check out the new scenario-based training videos that were created to help you prepare for mental health-related situations that can arise in the work place. You’ll find these videos, and other mental health resources, on our Mental Health Support page.
Resources to help you help your employees
It’s also important that you get to know the Costco benefits, resources and content that are featured on the well-being portal each month. And make sure your employees know how their Costco benefits can support them and their covered dependents. An easy way to do this is by presenting this month’s we’re in this together program slides during your next staff meeting.
May’s featured resources:
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Call 988 or text TALK to 741741 for someone who may need immediate help.
- Live Healthy Team*
- One-on-one support from health professionals who offer support for emotional and physical well-being.
- Includes registered nurses, dieticians, pharmacists and behavioral health clinicians.
- ML only: Connect with a Live Healthy Coach at 800-814-3543 (option 2).
- Resources For Living® (RFL®)**
- Training videos: Guidance on how to deal with employees who are crisis, including:
- Support for overall emotional well-being
- Includes myStrength interactive tools for dealing with anxiety, depression and other emotional problems, and Talkspace interactive tools for dealing with anxiety, depression and other emotional problems.
- Offers access to six no-cost counseling sessions with in-person, televideo and chat options.
- To learn more about RFL, call 833-721-2320 (TTY:711) or visit Costcobenefits.com.
- AbleTo
- Short-term, no-cost counseling and coaching program to help manage life with stress, grief or a chronic health condition.
- Sessions are by phone or video.
- To learn more, visit Costcobenefits.com > Health & Wellness > AbleTo.
- Benefits Quick Reference Guide
- A convenient guide you can print and share with employees when you need information about Costco benefits in a hurry. As a reminder, please choose the one that applies to your location for resources available to your employees.
- This guide is also available in poster format and was included in your Annual Enrollment kit, which was sent to all locations at the end of October. You can order additional posters by visiting the HR Materials Ordering Site.
*Not available in Hawaii and Puerto Rico
**Resources For Living is available to all employees and members of their household, including children up to age 26 living away from home