Employer-led consensus on ‘The Keep Britain Working Review’
The UK’s workforce health crisis, with long-term sickness now keeping almost 3 million people out of work, costs the economy up to £85 billion a year. Led by Professor Sir Cary Cooper, participants agreed that employee wellbeing can no longer be treated as a peripheral initiative but must be embedded into organisational systems, cultures, and expectations, and be treated as a fundamental part of business strategy.
Employment Rights Bill
As the Employment Rights Bill nears Royal Assent, this parliamentary roundtable examined what its reforms would mean for employers, workers, and policymakers across the UK. Representing the most comprehensive overhaul of employment law in a generation, these reforms promise to strengthen workplace protections, introducing day-one rights against unfair dismissal, banning exploitative zero-hours contracts, and establishing a new Fair Work Agency to enhance enforcement.
