Promoting Healthy Work for Workers with Chronic Illnesses: A Guide to Good Practice

Wednesday, 27/12/2023, 03:31(GMT +7)

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) has published a guide to good practice, which is primarily aimed at employers and managers who are faced with the challenges and opportunities of managing workers with chronic illness and supporting them to stay at work, or to assist in the process of returning to work after a period of absence. Many workers who develop and present with chronic illnesses have a valuable contribution to make to the European workforce which should not be overlooked.

The pH Work project is EU-funded and intended to contribute to effective workplace policies at enterprise level, aimed at retaining and encouraging the return-to-work (RTW) of chronically ill workers. Comprehensive workplace health management and promotion (WHP) offers an effective approach combining individual and organisational interventions supporting employees with chronic conditions. Ultimately this may lead to a better quality of life and functioning, and an improvement of social and economic outcomes.

Promoting healthy work for workers with chronic illness: A guide to good practice, is easy to read and discusses the following topics:

· A good practice guide on chronic illness at work

· What is meant by workplace health promotion, return to work and chronic illness in the context of sustainable employment?

· What employers can do to promote healthy work

· What you can do: A six-step action plan

· Recommendations

· Next steps

The guide to good practice also contains a list of the project’s participants, useful links to websites, references and a check list on manager support for return to work.

Please download the guide to good practice below: http://www.enwhp.org/uploads/media/ENWHP_Guide_PH_Work_final.pdf

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