| 10 March 2010
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“This information is essential to anyone wanting the best out of their employees”
CM, Partner, Charity Link |
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- The National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance for employers on promoting mental wellbeing at work through productive and healthy working conditions
- NICE's Professor Mike Kelly says that by following the NICE recommendations an average organisation of 1000 employees can expect to save an estimated £250,000 a year, due to reduced absenteeism and increased performance
- According to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), absence due to sickness directly cost the UK economy over £13.2 billion in 2006
- 24.6 million working days were lost in 2008/9 due to work-related ill health (HSE). The top two groups of work-related illnesses are musculoskeletal disorders (eg back ache) and stress related conditions
- 9.3 million working days were lost in 2008/9 through musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by work (HSE)
- Estimates from the HSE's Labour Force Survey indicate that self-reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounted for an estimated 11.4 million lost working days in Britain in 2008/9
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