Recent pressures due to the pandemic have highlighted the need to attend to employee wellbeing. This panel discussion will explore innovative ways the Department of Health and Human Services is addressing this need. This is an interactive session. You are encouraged to bring your experiences and questions to this session to enrich the dialogue and the learning experience.

After attending this interactive session, you will leave able to:

1) Discuss the importance and value of employee wellness along with the challenges faced by organizations whose staff are facing new stressors and challenges in today’s world and needing to take care of themselves while keeping the organization operable and meeting the needs of increased workloads; and,

2) Outline agency perspectives on wellness along with specific steps and interventions organizations can take to support their employees and meet employee needs.