Well-Versed: The Wellhub Wellbeing Series
Well-Versed: The Wellhub Wellbeing Series
The True Cost of Sickness: How to measure and scale real workforce wellbeing
The True Cost of Sickness: How to measure and scale real workforce wellbeing
Date: 24 November 2026Time: 10:30 AM GMT| Duration: 45 min
Well-Versed: The Wellhub Wellbeing Series
Well-Versed: The Wellhub Wellbeing Series
The True Cost of Sickness: How to measure and scale real workforce wellbeing
The True Cost of Sickness: How to measure and scale real workforce wellbeing
Date: 24 November 2026Time: 10:30 AM GMT| Duration: 45 min
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Date: 24 November 2026Time: 10:30 AM GMT| Duration: 45 min
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Moving HR from reactive perk shopping to board-level strategic impact. Uncover the hard metrics behind workforce ill-health, governance structures, and targeted cultural intervention.
Moving HR from reactive perk shopping to board-level strategic impact. Uncover the hard metrics behind workforce ill-health, governance structures, and targeted cultural intervention.
The Macro Business Case
The Macro Business Case
The Reality of workforce ill-health by the numbers
The Reality of workforce ill-health by the numbers
Why surface-level wellness perks are no longer sufficient to stop corporate productivity leakage.
Why surface-level wellness perks are no longer sufficient to stop corporate productivity leakage.
£85 Billion
Annual Cost to UK EmployersTotal annual cost of sickness absence and presenteeism, and lost productivity as identified in the landmark Keep Britain Working review by Sir Charlie Mayfield.
2.8 Million
Long-Term Sick AbsenceA record volume of working-age individuals currently absent long-term in the UK, signaling systemic operational disruption for enterprise organisations.
50% – 60%
Stress, Anxiety & DepressionOver half of long-term absences stem directly from mental ill-health, proving that physical perks alone fail to address root workplace burnout causes.
What you will learn
What you will learn
Build the Boardroom Business Case
Quantify the true financial cost of sickness (beyond absenteeism) and leverage strategic metrics to secure board-level buy-in for workforce wellbeing.
Balance Perks with Culture Change
Learn how to combine popular individual wellbeing solutions with targeted organisational fixes to tackle systemic drivers like long hours and management style.
Implement Scalable Governance
Establish permanent wellbeing structures and board-level oversight, learning from frameworks developed by 55+ global employers
Speakers
Speakers
Who you'll be hearing from
Who you'll be hearing from
Sir Cary Cooper
Professor of Organisational Psychology & Health, Alliance Manchester Business School
Gemma Jones
Client Sales Manager, Wellhub