Managing And Supporting Employees With Long-Term Health Conditions: Guide For People Professionals
Over 15 million people live with a long-term health condition in the UK1 and in 2019/20, there were 32.5 million estimated working days lost due to work-related ill health2. Having good management practices gives employee the best chance of staying in work and fulfilling their potential.
This guide introduces long-term health conditions and sets out the reasons why organisations need to take action. While there are many different long-term health conditions, the principles-based guidelines provided here offer organisations a starting point to provide effective support for any condition.
Managing And Supporting Employees With Long-Term Health Conditions: Guide For People Professionals
- Date Published
- Thu, 20th Jan 2022
- Publisher
- CIPD
- Reference
- CIPD. (2022) Managing And Supporting Employees With Long-Term Health Conditions: Guide For People Professionals, London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- Website
- https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/fundamentals/relations/absence/support-long-term-health-conditions#gref
- Categories
- Keywords
- Stress, Mental Health, HR, Return To Work, Sickness, Absence
Over 15 million people live with a long-term health condition in the UK1 and in 2019/20, there were 32.5 million estimated working days lost due to work-related ill health2. Having good management practices gives employee the best chance of staying in work and fulfilling their potential.
This guide introduces long-term health conditions and sets out the reasons why organisations need to take action. While there are many different long-term health conditions, the principles-based guidelines provided here offer organisations a starting point to provide effective support for any condition.
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