IPPR report: Health industry, prosperous economy

The report proposes a pro-business health plan which reimagines the role of business in health – clamping down on businesses that harm health and scaling up businesses that create good health – to deliver a healthy future of work for all.

The plan includes:

• Incentives: A new tax incentive for companies that commit to significant improvements in the health of their workforce, including the security, flexibility and pay of their staff, focused on SMEs.

• Regulation: A new ‘do no harm’ duty for employers, regulating them on health outcomes, not just safety inputs

• Investment: New compulsory reporting on worker health – modelled on climate emissions reporting – to help private investors differentiate between health-orientated and health-harming businesses

Download the report to find out how business and the state can work together for better health outcomes for the workforce.