The commitment to building a better workplace around a better employee experience is a sustainable goal for profitable change — and a good way to defend against employee burnout and pent-up turnover.  With this end in mind, organizations are reconsidering how they approach all touchpoints for this experience.

The 2021 Q4 Gallagher Better WorksSM Insights Report provides actionable insights into the most current employer challenges surrounding employee engagement and retention. Explore longer-term strategies that center on paid time off, mental health resources and hybrid work environments, as well as trending approaches for more immediate challenges like vaccination mandates and incentives.

In this issue:

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Staying on Top of Evolving Vaccine and Workplace Considerations

As pandemic-related restrictions eased at the start of summer, employers glimpsed a more open economy, and many initiated next steps for welcoming employees back to the workplace. However, with the Delta variant's arrival and a spike in positive cases, plans were foiled for a return to normal. Progress may have stalled for now, but if nothing else, change management skills are only getting stronger.

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Elevating the Employee Experience by Moving to a Hybrid Workforce

The impact of COVID-19 on organizations has entered a new phase. Perceptions of work have evolved, and competition for talent crosses nearly every industry, requiring employers to rethink a new set of employee concerns, expectations and values.

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Reimagining leaves and PTO to Improve Employee and Organizational Wellbeing

The demand for family leave has grown more insistent. And with paid time off (PTO) becoming increasingly important to providing an exceptional employee experience, it's game on for employers that recognize competing for talent requires rethinking their policies.

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Optimizing Mental Health Services Requires and Understanding of How to Offer Them

Americans have shown a remarkable aptitude to ride out and rebound from the adverse mental health effects of the pandemic. Yet the latest shift in the unsteady course of COVID-19 has challenged that stamina again. Signs that the pandemic continues to strain mental health and emotional wellbeing appear in everyday life, and so do signs of resilience.

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Keeping Pace with Changing ESG Expectations and Trends

For decades, for-profit corporations relied on the creation of shareholder value as their fundamental measure of success, while most nonprofits tended to look at internal performance metrics. Now an additional metric has emerged that evaluates how well organizations align with environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.

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Workforce Trends Pulse Survey 2021 Q3 Infographic

Explore how more than 500 organizations from around the country are responding to changes in the job market by broadly examining both their total rewards and workplace policies. See how a commitment to creating a better workplace around a better employee experience can help you face your future with confidence.

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