Acas is urging small businesses to save money and reduce absenteeism by focusing on ensuring employees are healthy at work. The employment relations service has launched a new guide to help businesses promote and manage a healthy workplace.
The launch of the new guide coincides with findings from a radical review of the health of the working age population released last month by National Director for Health and Work, Dame Carol Black.
The review revealed that ill health costs the British economy £100 billion. It also highlighted that businesses should seek to take early intervention by investing in improving the health and wellbeing of their staff, identify measures that will reduce ill-health and help staff to remain in work or quickly return to work after a period of absence.
Some of the key areas covered in the new Acas guide include:
- How to recognise health problems with your employees
- What makes a healthy workplace
- A health, work and wellbeing checklist
- Further sources of expert information on health, work and wellbeing
Acas shares tips on how small businesses in the UK can save money by helping to keep their employees healthy while at work.
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