Government consultation: Health is everyone’s business: Proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss
The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health and Social Care have launched a consultation to support its aim of encouraging more people with disabilities and long-term conditions to get back into work.
DWP’s data finds almost half (44%) of people who go off sick for longer than a year never return to the workplace.
The consultation will seek views on the level and duration of SSP – currently those earning below an average of £118 per week are not eligible for SSP – and which sickness benefits risk being a disincentive to people returning to work.
The proposals aim to support and encourage early action by employers to assist those who are disabled or who have a long-term health condition, and to improve access to quality occupational health.
The Health is everyone’s business: proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss consultation closes 7 October 2019.