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To discuss how you and your organisation can get more involved with The Work Foundation, please contact our partnership team.

Call 020 7976 3512 or email partnership@theworkfoundation.com

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David Shoesmith
Programme Manager
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Good work and public health

Poor health and wellbeing in organisations can have an indirect impact on the health and wellbeing of the wider public. Through their work, employees come into contact with millions of people every day. Many of these, such as teachers and NHS staff, are in a unique position to lead people by example and support the establishment of healthy behaviours in others. Yet to be an exemplar, organisations must first provide good work that facilitates wellbeing among their own staff.

Our research seeks to examine these key questions:

  • What is the wider impact of ill-health within major public-facing organisations? 
  • What effective recommendations can we develop for the improvement of employees’ health and wellbeing through good work? 

Related Reports

Returning To Work
This paper outlines our recommendations on how to improve the implementation and effectiveness of the new Health and Work Assessment and Advisory Service (HWAAS).

Tyna Taskila, Jenny Gulliford and Stephen Bevan
18 March 2013

Working with Schizophrenia: Pathways to employment, recovery and inclusion
Only 8% of people with schizophrenia are currently in employment. The report examines the impact of schizophrenia on an individual's ability to enter or remain in the labour market, outlining how such barriers can be addressed by policymakers, employers, healthcare professionals as well as those with the condition and their carers.

Professor Stephen Bevan, Dr Tyna Taskila, Karen Steadman, Jenny Gulliford, Rosemary Thomas and Andreea Moise
11 February 2013

The Impact of Back Pain on Sickness Absence in Europe
A paper presented to the Societal Impact of Pain conference in Copenhagen.

Professor Stephen Bevan
01 June 2012

Related Events

The contours of organisational fairness
This interactive workshop is an opportunity to actively contribute to our research. The facilitated session will take you through our current thinking around the conceptual framework and investigate your own notions of fairness, where you struggle with the conflicting demands of various constituents in your workplace and in your other roles in society.

Tue, 04 June 2013
10:00 - 13:30

The Work Foundation 2011 Annual Debate
The National Happiness Index: Work will either make or break it but is it a meaningless measure?

Tue, 07 June 2011
18:00 - 21:00

Why work is a realistic outcome for those recovering from cancer
Macmillan Cancer Support and The Work Foundation launched two complimentary reports on work and cancer.

Fri, 15 March 2013
08:30 - 10:30

Related Blogs

Returning to work is getting harder for cancer survivors yet more could done
Dr Tyna Taskila responds to the latest study which reveals that a third of cancer patients lose an average of £860 in monthly income because of their illness.

Dr Tyna Taskila
02 May 2013

A bleak future for banking? Challenges facing the 21st century bank worker
A review the latest research report from The Work Foundation, the Bank Workers Charity and Robertson Cooper, looking into the well-being concerns of workers within the banking and finance industry.

Emily Anderton
27 March 2013

Related News

How do an individual's attitudes and work-life balance affect their productivity and engagement levels? (summary)
Watch Cary Cooper discuss wellbeing and high performance culture.

Professor Cary Cooper
17 April 2013

How do an individual's attitudes and work-life balance affect their productivity and engagement levels?
Watch Professor Cary Cooper discuss how an individual's attitudes and and work-life balance effect their productivity and engagement levels.

16 April 2013