Njengoba abantu baseMelika bezilungiselela unyaka wesithathu wempilo yobhubhane, impilo yabo yengqondo iba phansi kakhulu, ngokusho kweMental Health Index: US Worker Edition. Okuphawuleka kakhulu, i-PTSD, ukudangala kanye nokulutha kuyanda phakathi kwamacala akhuphukayo e-Omicron. Umsebenzi oshaqisayo o-1 kwaba-4 waseMelika uhlolwe ukuthi une-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - akhuphuke ngo-54% ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule futhi akhuphuka ngo-136% uma kuqhathaniswa nobhubhane lwangaphambi kobhubhane. Ukudangala kuyenyuka - kukhuphuke ngo-87% kusukela ekwindla (ama-63% aphezulu kunangaphambi kwe-COVID19).
Amadoda akhombisa ukwenyuka okukhulu kwengozi yokulutheka - akhuphuke ngo-80% phakathi kukaSepthemba noDisemba 2021. Ezinyangeni ezintathu nje ezedlule, ukucindezeleka phakathi kwamadoda kukhuphuke ngo-118%, futhi ukukhathazeka komphakathi kukhuphuke ngo-162%. Uma ubheka ngokuqondile amadoda aneminyaka engu-40-59, ukukhathazeka okuvamile kukhuphuke ngo-94%.
“Silindele ukuthi impilo yengqondo yehle ngesikhathi samaholide; kodwa-ke, akukho lutho olungaka,” kusho uMathew Mund, oyi-CEO, i-Total Brain. “Sibona ukwanda okunzima kakhulu kokukhathazeka ngempilo yengqondo ngesikhathi lapho u-Omicron eqala ukubamba isizwe; iziyalezo zokugomela emsebenzini ziyabekwa; futhi isikhathi samaholidi sihamba phambili. Abaqashi kufanele bakulungele ukubhekana nokuhlukumezeka emsebenzini. Ukuqonda ubungozi nezingcindezi ezingase zibe khona kubasebenzi kanye nokwenza izingxoxo zempilo yengqondo zibe zijwayelekile emsebenzini kuyizinyathelo zokuqala ezibalulekile.”
Inkomba Yezempilo Yengqondo: Ushicilelo Lwabasebenzi base-US, olunikezwa amandla yi-Total Brain, inkundla yokuqapha impilo yengqondo kanye nokusekela, isatshalaliswa ngokubambisana ne-National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, One Mind at Work, kanye ne-HR Policy Association kanye neNqubomgomo yayo Yezempilo yaseMelika. Isikhungo.
UMichael Thompson, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-National Alliance, uphawule wathi, “Ukuhlinzwa kwe-omicron kube nomthelela ofanayo empilweni yengqondo yabasebenzi bethu. Yize besinethemba lokuthi okubi kakhulu kungemuva kwethu, abaqashi bazofuna ukuphinda baqinise imizamo yokwakha indawo esesekayo njengoba izinkinga ezidalwe yilolu bhubhane ziqhubeka. ”
UMargaret Faso, umqondisi, Ucwaningo Lokunakekelwa Kwezempilo kanye Nenqubomgomo ye-HR Policy Association, uthe, "Kuyadabukisa ukuthi ukusabalala okusheshayo kwe-Omicron ehlukahlukene kuye kwahlanganisa ukwehla kokuziphatha kwamaholide. Abaqashi abakhulu bayaqhubeka nokusebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuze banikeze abasebenzi ukuguquguquka okuthe xaxa kanye nezinzuzo, okuhlanganisa nokufinyelela ezinsizeni zokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Ukungaqiniseki ngezinqubomgomo ze-COVID-XNUMX kwengeza ingcindezi ezwakalayo emsebenzini; nokho, abaqashi baye baqhubeka nokugxila ekuphepheni nasekuphileni kahle kwabasebenzi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi iziyalezo noma inqubomgomo yenhlangano. Sithemba ukuthi njengoba okuhlukile kwe-Omicron kushabalala, ingcindezi, ukudangala nokukhathazeka kwabasebenzi baseMelika nakho kuyehla, nempilo ehambisana nokuziphatha yabo bonke abantu baseMelika iyathuthuka.”
"Lo mthelela oqhubekayo empilweni yengqondo yabasebenzi banamuhla uzodinga umthelela nomzamo olinganayo ohlangothini lwabaqashi," kusho uDaryl Tol, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-One Mind at Work. "Isikhathi esiningi, sibheka izixazululo ezilula noma zesikhashana ezinkingeni ezinzima, nokho kusobala ukuthi kuzothatha umsebenzi oqhubekayo wokuqhubekisela phambili izinhlelo zempilo yengqondo kubasebenzi ngezinga elinomthelela."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Worker Edition, powered by Total Brain, a mental health monitoring and support platform, is distributed in partnership with the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, One Mind at Work, and the HR Policy Association and its American Health Policy Institute.
- “Often, we look for simple or short-term solutions to complex problems, however it’s evident that it is going to take dedicated, ongoing work to advance mental health programs for employees on an impactful scale.
- It is our hope that as the Omicron variant dissipates, the stress, depression and anxiety of America’s workers also declines, and the associated behavioral health of all Americans improves.
