The crises and challenges of the pandemic have put mental health in the spotlight for employers, and 2022 should remain a critical time for workplace mental health. Employees aren’t getting a mental break as the pandemic evolves. Employers continue to work on ways to address short- and long-term mental health issues as their employees live through the pandemic. Fortunately, the mental burden of the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled more transparency and empathy around the topic, especially in the workplace. So, what is mental health? An employee’s mental health includes how they think, feel and act, and it includes their emotional and social well-being. While mental health includes mental illness, the two aren’t interchangeable. An employee can go through a period of poor mental health but not necessarily have an evident, diagnosable mental illness. Additionally, an employee’s mental health can change over time, depending on their workload, stress and work-life balance. Employers should be