The impact of poor working-age health on public finances cannot be ignored either, with reduced government revenues and increased welfare spend. Successive governments have failed to introduce policies needed to maintain working-age health and boost participation in the workforce. We need a long-term plan.
Learning and Work Institute (L&W), Institute for Employment Studies (IES) and Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) worked in partnership for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives, supported by the Health Foundation. Drawing on the existing evidence and through tailored individual projects across six themes, we identified key gaps and undertook research to explore in more depth:
Our findings informed the Commission with the best available evidence to understand the complex relationships between work and health, existing market and policy failures, and to identify fresh approaches and interventions required to address them.
This report from Institute for Employment Studies (IES) informing the Commission for Healthier Working Lives seeks to clarify the evidence on job quality, health, and variations in different industries and groups.
This report from Institute for Employment Studies (IES) informing the Commission for Healthier Working Lives investigates how the UK compares with 14 other European countries in the employment of workers with long-term ill health