Government set to outline sickness absence prevention response

Green Paper imminent

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Has the group risk industry's voice been heard?

Following the publication last year (July 2019) of consultation paper Health is everyone's business: proposals to reduce ill-health related job loss, COVER has learnt that the government is expected to publish a Green Paper - possible courses of action in terms of policy and legislation - before the end of this year. Industry body GRiD set up the Workplace Public Policy Committee (WPPC) following the publication of this consultation, with a view to helping ensure the group risk industry had a more coordinated approach to public policy issues in order to be more effective in engagement wi...

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