Employee well-being is so critical to some organizations that they’re turning it into a new C-suite role

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When COVID hit, it sent major companies scrambling to protect their employees from a deadly pathogen and totally revamped the way they thought about worker health. 

The worst days of the pandemic are fading, but it left a lasting impression on some companies about the importance of mental and physical health for their workforce. And in the last few years, several have hired for a new role that didn’t exist just a few years ago: chief wellness officer.