Sick Employees To Have Foreheads Felt?
Department for Work And Pensions Press Release
18 June 2007
DWP Minister Lord McKenzie today announced a new vocational rehabilitation task group to help ill or injured people stay in or return to work, and called on employers to do more to support their employees.
175 million working days are lost to sickness absence each year, costing businesses and the economy around £13 billion. Being out of work also affects physical and mental health, and returning to work is often crucial to an individual's full recovery. But very few employers currently offer occupational health or vocational rehabilitation to their employees.