And here we also recommend a living standards task force, to report in to such a committee:

We recommended a cabinet committee to oversee economic policy - with PM and Chancellor, and other ministers attending as needed: fabians.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Read more about our research in tbe @theguardian.com.

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Our recent @thefabians.bsky.social report by @sasjkia.bsky.social set out how we could build a National Occupational Health Service, with employers, employees and the state working together to keep people well in work.

Have a read here 👀

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Day one sick pay and lower earnings limit reforms due to be nacted in the #employmentbill are hugely welcome.

It is clear though that the Government must do a wider review of sick pay, including the rate if it is serious about tackling the UK's health, productivity and living standard challenge

To find out more about how to fix health at work. Read the report here 👇

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Require employers to write to the government four weeks before dismissing a sick worker 💼

Raise statutory sick pay, so people are better off in work than on benefits 💷

Provide legal clarity on reasonable adjustments ⚖️

Offer support to employers experiencing high levels of sickness absence 📉

Introduce occupational health support in neighbourhood health centres 🏘️

To tackle health-related absence from work, the government should create a national occupational health service 🏥

Work-related mental illness has increased by 93% during this period and particularly affected young people and women💥

1.7m people reported illnesses caused or worsened by work in 2023-24 – up 44% since Labour was last in government 😷

Working-age disability is up 4.3 million in the 14 years to 2023-24 while for pensioners rates stayed the same 📈