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chronic pain – workplace impact
15 May 2012
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• the business case
• individuals, interventions and strategies
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say status is directly affected
71%
can’t work
42%
worry about career prospects
42%
worry about losing their job
28%
want to work and contribute
65%
feel socially isolated
43%
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It’s the employer’s job to create an environment where employees can make healthy lifestyle choices, but employees must take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing.
Professor Cary Cooper CBE, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University & Chair of Academy of Social Sciences
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the business case
Business benefits of a healthy workforce
Improved retention
Improved resilience
Higher commitment
Higher productivity
Fewer accidents
and claims
Reduced sickness
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interventions and strategy
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case study
• health & wellbeing is physical, mental and social
• we owe employees a duty of care regarding health & wellbeing
• work affects health and vice versa
• promoting health and wellbeing will increase employee satisfaction, engagement to improve
performance through real results by employees
• be an employer of choice
• increase competitiveness & profitability
• the future of the site
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• absence levels less than 2% well below NI and national average
• production specific metrics
• productivity increased leading to investment
• workplace accidents reduced
• near miss incidents reported
• healthy eating – vending machines
• part of CSR Policy
• attained IiP HWB Accreditation
case study
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