Submitted on Monday 5th November 2012
Published on Wednesday 7th November 2012
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 7th November 2013
Signatures: 47
A call for the UK Government to remove tax disincentives for workplace health support to manage psychosocial risks
A 2008 report by Dame Carol Black estimated that stress and chronic ill health in the workplace costs a crippling £100 billion. It is now the biggest cause of long term absence from work. The BSI has published the first of three guidelines in managing psychosocial risks, meaning we finally have a recognised method for reducing stress. What we need now is for the Government to make wellbeing initiatives more affordable by removing workplace health tax for such programmes. If current taxes on all workplace health were removed, an overall productivity gain of £443m per year for UK business would be achieved (BUPA 2012).
We, the undersigned, request that the UK Government remove tax disincentives for workplace health support to manage psychosocial risks. We are pledging our commitment to the ‘Earn your Stripes’ campaign to promote work health programmes and are calling for this proactive movement as an investment in our economy and our workforce.
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