This session will provide a comprehensive overview of recent and upcoming changes in employment law, with a particular focus on their impact on workplace health and wellbeing. I By the end of this ses ...

It is 20 years since Waddell and Burton produced their seminal review on the relationship between work and health. It is, therefore, timely to ask whether their statement - 'work is generally good for health and wellbeing' - remains true and relevant. This session will take a look back to why the review was commissioned, what it reported, and whether current evidence supports its key findings. The panel will then discuss what changed following its publication, how policy was (or was not) influenced, what related initiatives were implemented and, importantly, what tricks were missed. Questions will be asked around how the underlying concepts should be woven into interventions needed to support work ability for people with health problems and disability, how those interventions might be implemented, and what additional concepts need to be included or sought. The session will conclude with the panel's set of recommendations for future policy.

Every year, 1000s of lives are lost and millions of dollars drained from our economies by preventable risks to people from their work, but what could change this costly liability into one of the greatest opportunities for strategic investment to reverse risks of harm to people people, fuel economic diversification and power sustainable, economic growth. This is the case for Occupational Health , and building a robust national occupational health strategy. By learning from the best of global models, and making evidence-based thinking relevant to governments, economists and business leaders we can make investment in occupational health everyone's business strategy.

England's first-ever men's health strategy provides an excellent platform for better supporting men in the workplace. This session will set out how.