Absence Management
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Health and Safety
Managing sickness absence and return to work.
Work is vital to people’s health and self-esteem. When workers are off sick for a long time it can affect all aspects of their lives, often causing isolation and depression. Getting sickness absence down is not only about defending business productivity and profits. It’s also about protecting workers’ health and wellbeing and safeguarding jobs.
So you’ll be pleased to know that the Better Backs campaign is not just about promoting sensible workplace precautions that reduce the risk of back pain. It also emphasises the positive benefits of staying active with back pain and encourages employers and workers to work together to help people return to normal activities including work.
Facts:
- Being off sick is bad for people’s health.
- Back pain is one of the main reasons for workers taking time off.
- Staying in bed or resting for more than a day or two usually doesn’t help and may make things worse, unless specifically recommended by a doctor.
- Staying active and in work helps recovery.
- There are things that employers can and should do to help people with back pain return to work safely.