MAY 2024
Help your employees find strength in challenging times
Join the conversation
Invite interested employees to attend Resources for Living’s Here4U® virtual peer support sessions on perimenopause/menopause, May 21 and 23.
As a member of Costco leadership, you play an important part in helping to support your employees’ well-being. Encourage them to get to know their benefits so they can take full advantage of them. Check in with your employees often to make sure they’re taking care of themselves.
If an employee is in crisis or needs immediate help, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
This month’s WITT topic: Mental health
May’s WITT content focuses on building resilience to meet challenges in parenting, aging and everyday life. Employees will:
- Discover ways to help kids and teens manage their anxiety
- Learn about the “default parent syndrome” and how to manage it
- Explore how to give their brain the rest it needs
- Get the facts on menopause, its symptoms and available support
Have you listened to our first 2024 employee podcast?
Hear Costco’s Director of Employee Benefits and mom, Celeste Parker, talk with Brightline about her family’s journey and the importance of mental health care for kids and teens. Be on the lookout for our next podcast, featuring employee Liz Maddux and her journey through breast cancer, coming in June.
Encourage your employees to take the pledge. Find resources here.
Employees and their spouse or domestic partner can take the 2024 We’re in This Together pledge here.
Pledge resources you can use
- Track your location’s pledge participation in 2024 here.
- Download and print a WITT pledge flyer here share with your employees.
Report on employee benefits usage
Here are the latest resources for employee benefits usage from our suppliers:
Data is comparing February 2024 to March 2024.
Brightline
- New enrollments increased 100%
Resources for Living
- Legal services access increased 22%
Omada for Diabetes, Hypertension & Prevention
- Hypertension enrollments increased 220%
- Diabetes enrollments increased 59%
- Hypertension & Diabetes combined enrollment increased 226%
- Prevention enrollments increased 250%
Omada for Joint & Muscle Health
- Prevention enrollments increased 40%
- Consultations increased 14%
Resources to help you help your employees
- Use this month’s We’re in This Together presentation slides in your next staff meeting to show employees how Costco benefits can help them and their covered dependents.
- Benefits Quick Reference Guide
- Download and print on-site to share with employees. Also available in Spanish for Mainland and Puerto Rico.
- Order additional posters by visiting the HR Materials Ordering Site.
Resources for employees: May
- Resources for Living (RFL)
- Provides in-the-moment mental health support, including access to six free counseling sessions with in-person, televideo and chat options.
- Program is available at no cost to employees, members of their household and dependent children up to age 26.
- Access your manager toolkit for more manager resources.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- Talkspace
- Offers 24/7 access to confidential, on-demand text therapy or video chat with a licensed therapist. The first six sessions are free. Additional sessions require a copay.
- Available to employees, their teen children (age 13+) and dependent children up to age 26.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- AbleTo
- Helps employees and their children age 13+ build skills to manage anxiety, depression and stress through personalized eight-week virtual therapy and digital tools.
- Available to employees and their families enrolled in a Costco medical plan.
- 833-881-1444 | AbleTo.com/Costco
- Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Provides emergency assistance for anyone who needs immediate help.
- Call or text 988.
- Brightline
- Offers employees and their children ages 0–18 enrolled in an Aetna® medical plan access to behavioral health coaches and digital resources to help with anxiety, stress, sleep concerns and more.
- Includes quick access to therapists and medication management for children ages 6–18.
- 888-224-7332 | HelloBrightline.com/Costco
- RethinkCare
- Helps employees and their families manage stress and build resilience with tools, webinars, one-on-one consultations and more.
- Available at no cost to employees and all family members (no age restrictions).
- 800-714-9285 | Connect.RethinkCare.com/sponsor/Costco
- Worklife
- Provides resources for everyday living, such as referrals for child care, elder care, special needs, pet care and household services, including housecleaning, landscaping, plumbing and more.
- Available at no cost to employees, their household members and dependent children up to age 26.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- Aetna Maternity Program
- Provides support before, during and after pregnancy to employees enrolled in an Aetna medical plan, including support from specially trained nurses and infertility advocacy.
- 855-282-6344 (TTY: 711) | Aetna.com/Maternity
Costco medical plans don’t cover charges related to a dependent child’s pregnancy, including labor and delivery, except services that qualify as preventive services under the Affordable Care Act.
- Gennev
- Offers virtual one-on-one menopause care from board-certified Ob/Gyns and registered dietitians for employees enrolled in an Aetna medical plan.
- 206-895-4292 | Gennev.com/Aetna
- Omada for Joint & Muscle Health
- Offers Omada Pelvic Health, a virtual physical therapy program to ease pain and strengthen the pelvic floor.
- Available to employees and their family members age 13+ enrolled in a Costco medical plan.
- 888-409-8687 | OmadaHealth.com/Costco
- Resources for Living (RFL)
- Provides in-the-moment mental health support, including access to six free counseling sessions with in-person, televideo and chat options.
- Program is available at no cost to employees, members of their household and dependent children up to age 26.
- Access your manager toolkit for more manager resources.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- Talkspace
- Offers 24/7 access to confidential, on-demand text therapy or video chat with a licensed therapist. The first six sessions are free. Additional sessions require a copay.
- Available to employees, their teen children (age 13+) and dependent children up to age 26.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- Mind Companion Self-care
- Offers self-paced, digital support sessions on anxiety, depression, stress, work-life balance and more.
- Available at no cost to employees, their household members (age 13+) and dependent children up to age 26.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Provides emergency assistance for anyone who needs immediate help.
- Call or text 988.
- RethinkCare
- Helps employees and their families manage stress and build resilience with tools, webinars, one-on-one consultations and more.
- Available at no cost to employees and all family members (no age restrictions).
- 800-714-9285 | Connect.RethinkCare.com/sponsor/Costco
- Worklife
- Provides resources for everyday living, such as referrals for child care, elder care, special needs, pet care and household services, including housecleaning, landscaping, plumbing and more.
- Available at no cost to employees, their household members and dependent children up to age 26.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- Triple-S
- Provides infertility benefits to its medical plan members.
- 800-981-3241 | SSSPR.com
Costco medical plans don’t cover charges related to a dependent child’s pregnancy, including labor and delivery, except services that qualify as preventive services under the Affordable Care Act.
- Omada for Joint & Muscle Health
- Offers Omada Pelvic Health, a virtual physical therapy program to ease pain and strengthen the pelvic floor.
- Available to employees and their family members age 13+ enrolled in a Costco medical plan.
- 888-409-8687 | OmadaHealth.com/Costco
- Resources for Living (RFL)
- Provides in-the-moment mental health support, including access to six free counseling sessions with in-person, televideo and chat options.
- Program is available at no cost to employees, members of their household and dependent children up to age 26.
- Access your manager toolkit for more manager resources.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- Talkspace
- Offers 24/7 access to confidential, on-demand text therapy or video chat with a licensed therapist. The first six sessions are free. Additional sessions require a copay.
- Available to employees, their teen children (age 13+) and dependent children up to age 26.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- Mind Companion Self-care
- Offers self-paced, digital support sessions on anxiety, depression, stress, work-life balance and more.
- Available at no cost to employees, their household members (age 13+) and dependent children up to age 26.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- AbleTo
- Helps employees and their children (age 13+) build skills to manage anxiety, depression and stress through personalized eight-week virtual therapy and digital tools.
- Available to employees and their families enrolled in a Costco medical plan.
- 833-881-1444 | AbleTo.com/Costco
- Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Provides emergency assistance for anyone who needs immediate help.
- Call or text 988.
- RethinkCare
- Helps employees and their families manage stress and build resilience with tools, webinars, one-on-one consultations and more.
- Available at no cost to employees and all family members (no age restrictions).
- 800-714-9285 | Connect.RethinkCare.com/sponsor/Costco
- Worklife
- Provides resources for everyday living, such as referrals for child care, elder care, special needs, pet care and household services, including housecleaning, landscaping, plumbing and more.
- Available at no cost to employees, their household members and dependent children up to age 26.
- 833-721-2320 (TTY: 711) | RFL.com/Costco
- HMSA
- Provides infertility benefits to its medical plan members.
- 800-776-4672 | HMSA.com
Costco medical plans don’t cover charges related to a dependent child’s pregnancy, including labor and delivery, except services that qualify as preventive services under the Affordable Care Act.
- Omada for Joint & Muscle Health
- Offers Omada Pelvic Health, a virtual physical therapy program to ease pain and strengthen the pelvic floor.
- Available to employees and their family members (age 13+) enrolled in a Costco medical plan.
- 888-409-8687 | OmadaHealth.com/Costco