The government’s work and wellbeing agenda has come under fire after a study reveals the flagship programme is failing to deliver on reducing unnecessary sickness absence in the workplace.
Overall sickness absence at record low Long-term absence increases with stress and mental health disorders showing biggest increase Short-term absence and zero absence rates more or less plateaued Manufacturers increasingly investing in absence management and paying for treatment The Fit Note was introduced four years ago as a means of getting people back to work…
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