This guidance draws on information and experience gained by HSE, with actual case studies used to illustrate particular points. Reflective of the fact that some 30 million workdays a year are lost due to workplace injuries and ill-health – and cognisant of the heavier financial impact this has on smaller or medium-sized businesses – the guide emphasises that management skills can be applied to prevent employee sickness as an integral part of running a business.
Accordingly, the publication provides a framework for enabling managers to embed health risk control into general business planning and presents four easy-check stages, includign finding out of you have a problem, deciding on action, taking action and reviewing action.
