• Encouraging all employers to take positive action to support employees who are managing health conditions at work and to manage sickness absence more effectively
• Sharing best practice for effective workplace support to minimise ill-health related job loss
• Outlining the response to the consultation ‘Health is everyone’s business: proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss’, published in July 2021
• Highlighting the benefits of a preventative approach to ill-health and an environment which supports health promotion for both employers and employees

• Achieving a step-change in the proportion of senior leaders that have well-being on their agenda
• Taking additional action to support employee health and wellbeing in response to COVID-19
• Positioning mental health as to top priority in wellbeing activity to respond to the challenges of COVID-19
• Demonstrating a lack of attention to employee’s financial wellbeing in most organisations despite the impact of the pandemic on many household incomes
• Using an increased range of methods to identify and reduce stress in the workplace

• Addressing the key findings from a poll indicating that under half of people surveyed felt working from home was better for their health and wellbeing
• Identifying health and wellbeing impacts from home working including feelings of isolation, musculoskeletal problems and disturbed sleep
• Calling for employers to ensure all employees have access to mental health support to help them cope with increased anxiety and isolation
• Providing equipment and a remote assessment to support employees with their physical health
• Developing a culture that encourages employees to separate their work and home life when working from home

• Launching a five-year prevention-focused Wellbeing Strategy which reflects the needs and views of the workforce
• Focusing of four key pillars of ‘integrated wellbeing: mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing
• Encouraging employees to take personal responsibility for their own wellbeing through the council’s ‘My Wellbeing’ brand
• Demonstrating a strong and consistent commitment from leaders for employee wellbeing
• Supporting people’s wellbeing during the pandemic and helping them to adjust to new ways of working

Two topics will be covered:

Supporting Organisations Returning To Work Through The Launch Of An Assurance Assessment Service

• Workplace Risk Management and Resilience & COVID-19 Risk Assessment
• BSC Assurance Assessment Services

An Integrated Approach to Health, Safety & Wellbeing

• What is wellbeing and the impact of COVID-19 on Worker Wellbeing
• Links between Health, Safety & Wellbeing
• A Joined-Up Approach to Health, Safety & Wellbeing