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Save money and reduce employee absenteeism:

Acas health guide for businesses in West Midlands

Acas is urging businesses in the West Midlands of England 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.

Recent statistics show that 222,000 people in the West Midlands of England suffered from an illness which they believed was caused or made worse by their work. Every year three–out–of–ten employees experience mental health problems and it is estimated that stress–related sick leave costs the UK industry £370 million every year or approximately 91 million working days.

Key indicators of a healthy workplace include:

• line managers are confident and trained in people skills,

• employees feel valued and involved in the organisation,

• managers use appropriate health services [eg occupational health] to tackle absence and help get people back to work,

• managers promote an attendance culture by conducting return to work discussions,

• jobs are flexible and well designed .

Available online at: www.acas.org.uk, Health, work and wellbeing in the workplace offers free advice to businesses, human resources managers, and employees.

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