Curating the week in wellness Nov. 15–19, 2021: Tying wellness to retention, celebrating ‘invisible’ employees, and more

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1. How well-being ties to retention.

As “The Great Resignation” rages on, full steam ahead, People Matters shares a timely piece about the inextricable link between wellness and retention. As the piece notes, “More than 50% of organizations have difficulty retaining some of their most valued employee groups since most are open to new job opportunities with better pay and additional benefits,” which means companies must be proactive to keep workers on board.

How? Well, beefing up benefits is a good start. The article says, “72% of employees feel that having more work benefits would increase job satisfaction,” adding that you must go beyond the basics to provide more substantive perks. This might include more robust telehealth access, discounted medicine and childcare stipends, for example.