Health is Everyone’s Business – a missed opportunity?

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business Podcast, sees our Employment Law Partner, Matt Jenkin, welcome Steve Herbert, Head of Benefits Strategy at Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing, to talk about the Government’s response to the “Health is everyone’s business” consultation published over the summer and whether this was a missed opportunity to tackle ill-health absences in the workplace.  

In the episode, Steve and Matt discuss:  

• the background to the response
• whether the decision not to reform statutory sick pay is just kicking the can down the road
• if the response will lead to improved use of occupational health
• how fit notes could be improved; and 
• the role that employee benefits and insurance has to play.  

For those who want to hear more from Steve and attend any of the Howden webinars, connect with Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-herbert-seminars/.

For those who want to hear Employment Law updates, connect with Matt Jenkin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjenkin/