Covid-19 drives 21% increase in demand for employee counselling 

Spectrum.Life recorded an 80% increase in the volume of calls from employees relating to bereavement during the pandemic

Since March, employees have reported increased feelings of insecurity, confusion and emotional isolation to Case Managers at Spectrum.Life 

Ireland’s largest corporate health and wellbeing provider has recorded a 21% increase in demand for employee counselling during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Spectrum.Life case managers received over 17,000 employee calls between September 2019 and September 2020, compared to 14,000 in the same period the previous year. Over half of these calls were made by employees during traditional working hours, with 11am-12pm the busiest time during the traditional work day.