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Diving:

• Vail Resorts has expanded its mental health benefits to offer employees and their dependents and roommates 12 free therapy sessions each a year, up from six, according to a recent study. company press release. Coverage applies to all year-round workers and seasonal employees who work in winter and summer. Employees who work one season a year have access to six free therapy sessions, the company said.
• The benefit is available to all employees, even if they are not enrolled in the company’s health care plan, Vail Resorts said. Since the company introduced its mental health program two years ago, there was a clinical resource utilization rate of 12%, rising from 10% in 2022.
• “Vail Resorts is committed to ensuring our team members have the resources and support they need to be healthy and safe while continuing to create an inclusive and fair work environment for everyone,” said Corey Levy, director of wellness at Vail Resorts, in a statement. .

Diving Perspective:

The push to provide extensive mental health and welfare benefits it comes as companies grapple with worker disengagement and burnout.

In the HR Dive 2024 Identity of HR survey, HR leaders identified mental health benefits as a top non-traditional benefits strategy, only pursuing remote and hybrid work arrangements.

And more than half of employers said they plan to expand the welfare strategy in the next three to five years, according to survey results published in May by the Business Group on Health and Fidelity Investments.

Employees also expect an investment in their well-being from employers, according to The Conference Board The next report Frontiers of Prosperity. According to the report, the vast majority of American and European employees said their employers are at least partially responsible for their well-being.