The Health and Work Service has been formally unveiled alongside official figures that show almost one million long-term absences occur each year. Owain Thomas examines the statistics and the reactions.
UK employers suffer almost one million long-term sickness absences each year, according to official statistics. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) analysis showed that there were an estimated 9...
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