TUC response to Black review

The TUC has welcomed the Government’s response to the Dame Carol Black review but has said it could have gone much further. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “This goes some way towards addressing the health problems faced by people at work, and by those unable to work because of ill-health, but it could have gone much further. Workers made ill by their jobs need early access to rehabilitation and better support to help them get back to work as soon as they are able to. While the ‘Fit for work’ pilots go some way towards achieving this, they will have little relevance to the vast majority of workers who fall ill or are injured through work.”