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Work, health and wellbeing: building the case for wellness

The UK Government on July 8th 2013

Department for Work and Pensions

This report considers the business and economic case for employers to invest in staff wellness programmes.

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Health Incentive PricewaterhouseCoopers Chronic condition Health promotion Systematic review Disease Health care Ageing Performance indicator Marketing Human activities Economy Rate of return Workplace wellness Employment Discounted cash flow Internal rate of return Occupational safety and health Absenteeism Needs assessment Net present value Turnover (employment) Presenteeism Cost–benefit analysis Discounting Preventive healthcare Productivity Occupational stress Employee retention

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Since 1971, the rate of women’s employment has increased from 56 to 70%. 5 There are approximately 2.3 million more people in work since 1997, of which one million are women.

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5. The Telegraph (2006). Number of Women Working Hits Record. http://www.telegraph.co.uk

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Time cost associated with smoking at work highlighted by baseline survey of employees participating in a workplace smoking cessation programme

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Padraic J. Ryan et al. 2006

Research shows that smokers cost employers 64 minutes a day in lost productivity. 13

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13. Ryan and Crampin (2006). Time cost associated with smoking at work highlighted by baseline survey of employees participating in a workplace smoking cessation programme. Occupational Medicine 56:510. http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org

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Validity of the HSE stress tool: an investigation within four organizations by the Corporate Health and Performance Group

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Chris Main et al. 2005

While hard data on the costs of presenteeism in the UK is unavailable at this time, preliminary evidence suggests that presenteeism could cost employers 2 to 7 times more than absenteeism. 20

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20. Main, C; Glozier, N; Wright, I (2005). Validity of the HSE stress tool: an investigation within four organizations by the Corporate Health and Performance Group. Occupational Medicine 2005;55:208–214

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