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Research proves health and safety pays
05 October 2007
New research shows that a positive approach to health and safety not only helps businesses attract quality employees, but also boosts sales and workforce commitment.
The research by the Institute for Employment Studies and the Work Foundation, on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive looked into UK business attitudes, intentions and performance and their health and safety strategies.
A telephone based survey of 3,000 UK businesses revealed that health and safety was generally seen as either "important" or "very important" - although smaller firms were less likely to have a positive attitude or regard it as a key strategic area.
The research found a clear link between higher expenditure on health and safety and three key areas - a greater capacity to attract quality employees, higher employee commitment and faster sales growth.
According to the researchers, ‘Taken overall, our performance models, across a wide range of indicators, suggest that a strategic commitment to good health and safety practice does businesses no harm, and a spending commitment is strongly associated with tangible improvements in employee related aspects of the business.’
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