Slides: Improving employer support for those working with cancer
This presentation by Dr Zofia Bajorek at the report launch, which was hosted in Westminster by iNHouse Communications, included:
Key Findings:
Policies and practices
Organisations are not doing enough to prepare or support employees living with cancer.
- Policies were very generic
- Limited consideration of the challenges that people working with cancer experience
- A tendency to focus on meeting legal obligations
- Absence of a strategic approach
Employee benefits
The results highlighted a range of employee benefits offered to employees working with cancer, the most common being:
- Flexible work
- Access to Employee Assistance Programmes
- Referrals to Occupational Health
Line manager capability
One of the main challenges reported by HR Managers was in relation to line managers:
- 58% reported concerns about management capability
- 57% reported limited training for managers about how to manage cancer at work
- 53% said that line managers had limited experience of managing cancer at work
Recommendations:
The presentation goes on to cover recommendations in terms of HR policies, line manager capability and employee benefits.