Friday, January 27, 2006
[IWS] Work Foundation (UK): HEALTHY WORK: PRODUCTIVE WORKPLACES [December 2005]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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Work Foundation
Healthy Work: Productive Workplaces
Why the UK needs more good jobs
David Coats, Associate Director, The Work Foundation & Catherine Max, Programme Manager, The London
Health Commission
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/Healthy_Work.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
Abstract
The Work Foundation and London Health Commission believe that employment is one of the key determinants of health. There is an economic and a public health case for higher quality employment and employers and businesses alike have important and distinctive roles in promoting health and wellbeing, and in tackling health inequalities.
As part of our shared commitment to engaging employers and other stakeholders, we hosted a joint seminar series during 2004 and 2005 to address the questions: What can employers do to make employment healthy? What can policy-makers do to support this? This built on work we have been undertaking separately, such as the Commissions London Works for Better Health programme and the Work Foundations input to the Choosing Health White Paper consultation.
Our discussion paper Healthy Work, Productive Workplaces brings together our thinking on the relationship between health, work and productivity. It is a challenge to government, employers and the unions to rethink their whole approach to management, job design, skills development and skills utilisation. Our call is for a more sophisticated public conversation about the linkages between work and health we look forward to taking this forward together and hope you will join us in debating the issues and putting good jobs at the heart of the UK economy.
Press Release 30 December 2005
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/newsroom/pressreleases.jsp?ref=184
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Work Foundation
Healthy Work: Productive Workplaces
Why the UK needs more good jobs
David Coats, Associate Director, The Work Foundation & Catherine Max, Programme Manager, The London
Health Commission
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/Healthy_Work.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
Abstract
The Work Foundation and London Health Commission believe that employment is one of the key determinants of health. There is an economic and a public health case for higher quality employment and employers and businesses alike have important and distinctive roles in promoting health and wellbeing, and in tackling health inequalities.
As part of our shared commitment to engaging employers and other stakeholders, we hosted a joint seminar series during 2004 and 2005 to address the questions: What can employers do to make employment healthy? What can policy-makers do to support this? This built on work we have been undertaking separately, such as the Commissions London Works for Better Health programme and the Work Foundations input to the Choosing Health White Paper consultation.
Our discussion paper Healthy Work, Productive Workplaces brings together our thinking on the relationship between health, work and productivity. It is a challenge to government, employers and the unions to rethink their whole approach to management, job design, skills development and skills utilisation. Our call is for a more sophisticated public conversation about the linkages between work and health we look forward to taking this forward together and hope you will join us in debating the issues and putting good jobs at the heart of the UK economy.
Press Release 30 December 2005
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/newsroom/pressreleases.jsp?ref=184
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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