Evaluation of the Fit for Work Service Pilots: First year report

TY - BOOK

T1 - Evaluation of the Fit for Work Service Pilots

T2 - First year report

AU - Hillage, Jim

AU - Davidson, Jacqueline

AU - Irvine, Annie Louise

AU - Sainsbury, Roy Derek

AU - Weston, Katharine Helen

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Following Dame Carol Black's 2008 review of the health of Britain's working age population, a new Fit for Work Service (FFWS) was proposed, to offer support for people in the early stages of sickness absence, particularly for employees working in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Between April and June 2010, FFWS pilots were launched in 11 areas throughout Great Britain with the intention of testing different approaches to providing the service, and getting people back to work as quickly as possible. From April 2011, seven of the pilots were funded for up to a further two years. This report presents the findings from the first year of the evaluation.

AB - Following Dame Carol Black's 2008 review of the health of Britain's working age population, a new Fit for Work Service (FFWS) was proposed, to offer support for people in the early stages of sickness absence, particularly for employees working in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Between April and June 2010, FFWS pilots were launched in 11 areas throughout Great Britain with the intention of testing different approaches to providing the service, and getting people back to work as quickly as possible. From April 2011, seven of the pilots were funded for up to a further two years. This report presents the findings from the first year of the evaluation.

KW - employees

KW - employers

KW - work

KW - SICKNESS ABSENCE

KW - illness

KW - disability

KW - return to work

KW - evaluation

KW - Fit for Work services

M3 - Commissioned report

SN - 9781908523532

VL - 792

T3 - Research Report

BT - Evaluation of the Fit for Work Service Pilots

PB - Department for Work and Pensions

CY - London

ER -