Research Reports

Fit for Work?
Fit for Work: Musculoskeletal Disorders and Labour Market Participation

 

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Bevan, Stephen
Passmore, Eleanor 
Mahdon, Michelle 

2007

The report argues that early intervention and an emphasis on keeping sufferers in work wherever possible are likely to boost national productivity and help reduce the 2.6 million people claiming Incapacity Benefit. ‘There is overwhelming evidence that worklessness is, itself, bad for health,’ the report says.