US EditionCut reliance on sick notes to fix benefits crisis, says Labour’s employment tsar
The UK government aims to reduce ill-health costs of £212 billion annually by revamping sick notes and introducing tax incentives for employers supporting disabled and ill workers.
- On Wednesday the UK Government said more than 60 vanguard employers will pilot a workplace health strategy, while Sir Charlie Mayfield's Keep Britain Working report proposes sick note overhaul before the Budget later this month.
- Sir Charlie Mayfield says Britain faces a crisis as ill-health drives people out of work, with 93 per cent of fit notes in England marking patients not fit for work.
- A proposed workplace health provision would remove doctors' sign-off, shift control to employers, and offer tailored support via the NHS app, including Stay in Work and Return to Work plans.
- A new Workplace Health Intelligence Unit would collect data, build evidence, and report annually to ministers and businesses, while linking alternative dispute resolution to standards aims to reduce tribunal risks and firms tackling sickness gain tax reliefs, rebates, and national insurance adjustments.
- Over the next several years the plan envisions phased delivery across the UK based on vanguard employers' evidence, with Alice Martin cautioning workplace provision must complement medical professionals and Mayfield proposing incentives to prevent a two-tier system.
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How Britain could get back to work and fix its sick-note system
Employers across the UK face a raft of new measures to tackle economic inactivity and keep more people with health conditions and disabilities in work. Overhauling the sick note system and giving tax reliefs to employers that take work sickness seriously are just some of the ideas proposed in a major government review before the Budget later this month. The Keep Britain Working report comes from former John Lewis chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield, w…
Ex-John Lewis boss warns UK faces £85bn sickness bill and economic crisis – Your Capital Minds
Sir Charlie Mayfield says ill-health is driving millions out of work, costing employers and the economy billions — but the problem is “not inevitable.” Britain is at risk of an “economic inactivity crisis” as the number of sick and disabled people out of work continues to rise, according to a government-commissioned review led by Sir Charlie Mayfield, the former John Lewis chairman. The report warns that 800,000 more people are now out of work d…
Ex-John Lewis boss warns UK faces £85bn sickness bill and economic crisis
Sir Charlie Mayfield says ill-health is driving millions out of work, costing employers and the economy billions — but the problem is “not inevitable.” Britain is at risk of an “economic inactivity crisis” as the number of sick and disabled people out of work continues to rise, according to a government-commissioned review led by Sir Charlie Mayfield, the former John Lewis chairman. The report warns that 800,000 more people are now out of work d…
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