Employed, hale and hearty

Enlightened self-interest means that bosses are now keen on ensuring staff do not come down sick

A growing number of companies and organizations are realizing that being a good employer consists of much more than providing a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. A narrow outlook in which the bottom line was paramount has been replaced by a much more holistic view that can be summed up as: Health is wealth.

These employers have begun to see the economic burden of unwell workers, both in medical expenses and lost productivity, as enormous.