How our health and wellness resources could help your employee during difficult economic times

By Arthur Chung

The BCCA Employee Benefit Trust (BCCA EBT) was established over 50 years ago with a mission to ensure employees in the construction industry are looked after. We have always kept our purpose and remain committed to meeting your needs during these evolving times. As an organization responsible for the lives of more than 8000 employees under 430 employers, we continue to work towards this end, particularly during these unprecedented times.

We remain committed to offering our members the right resources available for mental and financial crises.

Health and wellness resources can help employers reduce employee turnover and increase worker morale as well. This is because it reduces workers’ stress and helps them work productively. It is also good business practice since high worker morale increases employee productivity and loyalty towards the company. Additionally, these programs can help employees cope with difficult economic conditions. A health and wellness program can help employees fight these problems and stay on the right path back to health.

It is crucial for us to support construction industry employers, their employees, and their families during these times of uncertainty by providing various mental health resources through our Employee and Family Assistance Program and MindBeacon.

Mental Health Resources

We provide our members with quality mental health resources to help manage stress, anxiety, and depression. Our Employee and Family Assistance Program helps our members access counsellors to discuss their challenges, provide actionable solutions to manage symptoms of stress and anxiety, and help them plan their financial futures through the Credit Counselling Society. We also provide access to a series of webinars on various mental health topics to plan administrators.

If one-on-one counselling is not for you, we also provide to our members MindBeacon, which provides guided digital therapy and Stronger Minds, a free set of modules for self help.

We are thankful for the support of our regional construction associations for helping us share mental and financial health resources with the construction industry when needed most. We are also grateful to our plan members for allowing us the privilege of taking care of their teams throughout these unprecedented times.

For more information on benefit plans offered by the BCCA Employee Benefit Trust visit bccabenefits.ca, email info@bccabenefits.ca, or call 1-800-665-1077. n