The week in wellness: Encouraging workers amid turbulent times, hot trends for 2021, and more

Greetings to you, our friends, readers and industry leaders!

As we continue to navigate historic upheaval, lingering election tension and ongoing pandemic fallout, we hope you’ll find this batch of links invigorating, empowering and helpful.

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Here’s the week’s top links on workplace wellness, HR and employee engagement:

Rating U.S. employees’ mental health. Morneau Sheppell has released its latest Mental Health Index report, which finds that43% percent of respondents are “needing some form of mental health support” right now. And you might be surprised how much of that support is coming via the workplace. The reports states, “The most commonly reported source of mental health support is from family members (22%), followed by support from friends or co-workers (19%), and support from a mental health professional (8%).”