Yet as Mayfield's taskforce prepares to shepherd over 60 major employers through a three-year journey toward voluntary workplace health standards, a very different kind of Labour policy lurks in the wings. Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to strip benefits from young people who refuse guaranteed work after 18 months of unemployment. The message is clear, if contradictory: we understand work is difficult for people with health conditions, but take a job or lose your support.
Yet as Mayfield's taskforce prepares to shepherd over 60 major employers through a three-year journey toward voluntary workplace health standards, a very different kind of Labour policy lurks in the wings. Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to strip benefits from young people who refuse guaranteed work after 18 months of unemployment. The message is clear, if contradictory: we understand work is difficult for people with health conditions, but take a job or lose your support.