This guide provides information on effectively managing an employee with a long-term health condition or illness. Employers should foster a compassionate culture and empower people to take steps to proactively manage their health. Everyone has a role to play in helping employees with long-term health conditions look after and get support for their health so they can thrive at work, free from discrimination:
- Employees need to prioritise self-care and self-management to cope with their symptoms and sustain their health and work.
- Work groups and colleagues can provide valuable practical support.
- Managers can help employees access the work adjustments and support that they need to manage their health and work effectively.
- Organisations with compassionate and flexible management policies can help to accommodate individual needs.
On this page
- What is a long-term health condition?
- Why we need to support employees with long-term health conditions
- Shared responsibility for supporting employees with long-term health conditions
- Guiding principles to support employees with long-term health conditions
- Interventions, rehabilitation and support pathways
- Legal obligations
- Useful resources
- Acknowledgements
What is a long-term health condition?
Why we need to support employees with long-term health conditions
Shared responsibility for supporting employees with long-term health conditions
Guiding principles to support employees with long-term health conditions
Interventions, rehabilitation and support pathways
Implications for policies and practices
Legal obligations
Useful resources
Acknowledgements
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