Mental health issues, stress and chronic illness are the biggest causes
of absence from work and loss of productivity in most Western economies.
Research and public awareness of this epidemic of physical and mental
ill-health among working age people is growing, but our understanding of
its impact on company performance and productivity and possible
solutions for the future is less advanced.
The Healthy Workforce: Enhancing Wellbeing and Productivity in the
Workers of the Future examines current challenges and future solutions
to understand issues around how we can improve the health of today's and
tomorrow's workforce. This book will look at why workforce health is
such an important challenge for businesses, governments and for
employees today and how this will increase in the future with an ageing
workforce. Closely linked to the authors' exploration of health issues
in the work context is a focus on the impact of worker health on direct
and indirect productivity costs.
This book offers practical guidance for professionals on getting started
in the delivery of an effective and evidence-based workplace health plan
which can enhance and sustain productivity growth in business now and
for the future.