{"id":18187,"date":"2020-04-23T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/bmo-highlights-health-supports-for-staff-during-coronavirus-145188"},"modified":"2020-04-23T09:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:50:06","slug":"bmo-highlights-health-supports-for-staff-during-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/04\/23\/bmo-highlights-health-supports-for-staff-during-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"BMO highlights health supports for staff during coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jennifer Paterson<\/span> | April 23, 2020 <\/p>\n

BMO Financial Group is highlighting a number of its health supports for employees during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The bank is hosting conference calls with physicians and mental-health professionals, which are recorded so employees can listen to them later on-demand. So far, 15,000 employees have participated, says Karen Collins, the bank\u2019s chief talent officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really helping to engage our people and give them facts in a time when there\u2019s a lot of fake news out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read: How to support employees\u2019 mental health during coronavirus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

With its medical provider Medysis Health Group, BMO has also rolled out a virtual health-care app, which employees can access through their computer or smartphone. \u201cThat\u2019s for medical support, but it\u2019s also been so good for people\u2019s mental health because, if the tips and tools we\u2019re giving them don\u2019t work and they\u2019re feeling a sense of anxiety they can\u2019t manage, they can get access to a mental-health professional,\u201d says Collins.<\/p>\n

The app has also been helpful for employees who are trying to avoid going into a doctor\u2019s office or clinic. For example, the four-year-old daughter of one of BMO\u2019s branch managers had a rash on her arm, but the employee was stressed about taking her into the doctor\u2019s office because of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo she got on the app, had a consult with a nurse practitioner who was able to prescribe an over-the-counter [treatment] for the child,\u201d says Collins. \u201cShe just felt so appreciative that she didn\u2019t have to go into a doctor\u2019s office. So that\u2019s had some really great benefits for our folks who\u2019ve been working from home, where you can feel a little isolated and you may need someone to talk to about a medical or a mental-health issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read: Walmart Canada rolls out free virtual health care to all staff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition, through the bank\u2019s LifeWorks app, provided by Morneau Shepell Ltd., it has created wellness bursts around mental-health issues, parenting, resilience and other topics. Each wellness burst is a five-minute resource \u2014 a video or article \u2014 that employees can access through their phone.<\/p>\n

\u201c. . . Those are just a few little things we\u2019re doing to make sure people know, even when they\u2019re not physically coming in to the BMO office, that BMO is worried about them as a worker and as a human and about their mental health,\u201d says Collins.<\/p>\n

Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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