"In mid-March, Katherine Maher, the CEO of Wikimedia Foundation, sent an email to her organization outlining changes to mitigate stress, including: “If you need to dial back [work hours], that’s okay.” She also committed to paying contractors and hourly staff on the basis of their typical hours, regardless of their ability to work. When you make changes, be explicit that you are doing so to support the mental health of your employees, if that is the goal."
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8 Ways Managers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health by Kelly Greenwood and Natasha Krol, Harvard Business Review (7 August 2020)
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