Why we’re seeing an ever increasing need to support long term sickness

In this webinar, we focussed specifically on long term sickness. The Office for National Statistics reported in July 2023 that almost 2.58 million people were economically inactive because of long term sickness. An increase of 76% from 2019, before the pandemic.

In this webinar we discussed:

• The difference between short and long term sickness
• Initiatives that employers can use that focus on helping employees get back into work
• How to avoid inadvertently discriminating an employee on the grounds of disability
• At what point do you end the employment relationship on the grounds of ill health capability