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Healthy Work: Evidence into Action

Authors:  Helen Vaughan-Jones and Leela Barham

Date:  June 2010

Drawing on expertise of The Work Foundation, this report shows how employers, government and health services can better support the health of UK workers.

Why Do Employees Come to Work When Ill? An investigation into sickness presence in the workplace

Authors:  Katherine Ashby and Michelle Mahdon

Date:  April 2010

One of the UK’s first studies to investigate the links between sickness presence and individual performance could also help reduce sickness absence.

The Business Case for Employees' Health and Wellbeing

Authors:  Stephen Bevan

Date:  February 2010

A report prepared for Investors in People UK.

Is Knowledge Work Better For Us? Knowledge workers, good work and wellbeing

Authors:   Michelle Mahdon, Rebecca Fauth, Ian Brinkley and Sotiria Theodopoulou

Date:  February 2010

Drawing on the findings of our Knowledge Workers survey, this report asks if knowledge work is good work and therefore better for our health & wellbeing.

Spondyloarthropathy and Work: A review of UK evidence

Authors:  Stephen Bevan

Date:  February 2010

People of working age with long-term or chronic conditions deserve to be supported to participate in the labour market.

Good Jobs

Authors:  Susannah Constable, David Coats, Stephen Bevan, Michelle Mahdon

Date:  November 2009

Employers believe ‘good jobs’ are linked to success: according to the survey in this report, employers want new government policies to encourage the creation of ‘good jobs’.

Fit for Work? Musculoskeletal Disorders in the European Workforce

Authors:  Stephen Bevan, Tatiana Quadrello, Robin McGee, Michelle Mahdon, Anna Vavrovsky, Leela Barham

Date:  September 2009

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) account for 49% of workplace absences. This report is the culmination of a major study across 25 countries in the EU and beyond. It examines the causes of MSDs and assesses what can be done to reduce their devastating impact.

Healthy Work: Challenges and opportunities to 2030

Authors:  Written by Bupa , The Oxford Alliance, RAND Europe and The Work Foundation

Date:  April 2009

An older and sicker workforce is likely to pose significant challenges to the productivity of business organisations. Work needs to be central to efforts to improve the health of British workers.

Greening Work

Authors:  Nick Isles

Date:  June 2008

For many people climate change seems such a large problem that it overwhelms them. For what exactly can organisations expect to do?

Fit for work?

Authors:  Stephen Bevan, Eleanor Passmore and Michelle Mahdon

Date:  September 2007

The report argues that early intervention and an emphasis on keeping sufferers in work wherever possible are likely to boost national productivity and help reduce people claiming Incapacity Benefit

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