MiSalud sat down with Amy Taylor, Head of Wellness at Taylor Farms, to discuss supporting mental health for Latino agricultural workers. Thank you to the Agricultural Personnel Management Association and California Farm Labor Contractor Association for bringing this important topic to HR leaders. Key insights from this webinar include:
- Mental health needs among Latino farmworkers are both common and complex.
- 11 years of learnings from Taylor Farms’ wellness programs reinforce the need to build trust and listen to what employees are asking for, rather than imposing resources on them.
- Mental health can show up at work as a physical symptom, like headache or muscle pain, and as personality issues. These have direct and measurable impacts on personnel issues, productivity and health costs.
- The prevalence of grief prompted MiSalud to start special grief programs in collaboration with their thanatologist, who studies the impact of loss and bereavement.
