The Problem
AfW Consulting can help you manage all these issues, by advising on wellbeing policies, undertaking assessments of your working environments and/or staff to identify potential problems before they become serious, providing support and treatment of any established cases and thus minimising the impact of back pain and related absence on your business. No company is either too big or small.
• On average 3.3% of working time (6.7 days per employee per year) is lost directly costing UK industry more than £13.2bn per annum, or £517 per employee. Indirect costs increase the overall bill to nearly £20bn per annum.
• Companies operating rehabilitation policies such as occupational health support, counselling and guidance from an external source, were likely to have lower levels of absence than those without such policies.
• Dame Carol Black's recent report "Working for a Healthier Tomorrow"
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• PricewaterhouseCoopers Building the Case for Wellness
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