Eleven major insurers, representatives and healthcare providers are among more than 60 employers joining forces with the government to help tackle labour market inactivity.
The organisations will be part of the initial group of vanguard companies recommended as part of the Keep Britain Working review.
To help facilitate this work, Sir Charlie Mayfield will co-lead a Vanguard Taskforce with ministers, bringing together employers, disabled people, workers’ representatives, and health experts.
Aviva, Axa Health, Bupa UK, Nuffield Health, Simplyhealth, Spire Healthcare, Square Health, Vitality, Unum UK, and Zurich, along with the Association of British Insurers (ABI), will be part of the joint effort, developed in response to Sir Charlie’s report.
In response to the review, the government will partner with employers to reshape how health issues and disabilities are managed in the workplace with the launch of employer-led Vanguards.
The vanguards are early adopters who will develop and refine workplace health approaches over the next three years to build the evidence base for what works.
They are committing to embracing the report’s healthy working lifecycle – which aims to reduce sickness absence, improve return-to-work rates, and increase disability employment rates – which the government will work towards developing into a voluntary certified standard by 2029.
This taskforce will work with vanguards to develop the interventions and build the evidence for what works.
This will inform wider reform by identifying what approaches could become part of the future employment landscape and drive adoption.
The full list of vanguards are:
3-1-5 Health Club
A&M EDM
Adam Reed Hair
ABI (Association of British Insurers)
Aviva
Axa Health
BP
British Airways
British Beer and Pub Association
BT Group
Bupa UK
Burger King UK
Canary Wharf Group
Capita
CBI
Centrica
Change Grow Live
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Cosy Direct
Currys
Department for Business and Trade
Department of Health and Social Care
Department for Work and Pensions
Disability Action Northern Ireland
EDF Energy
Enginuity
EY UK
Ford UK
Google UK
Greater London Authority
Greater Manchester NHS Integrated Care Board
Health Partners Group
Holland & Barrett
JLR (Jaguar Land Rover)
John Lewis Partnership
Latus Health
LSN Diffusion
Marks & Spencer
Maximus UK
Motionspot
Nando’s
National Hair & Beauty Federation
NHS Business Services Authority
Barts Health NHS Trust
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nuffield Health
PepsiCo UK
Phoenix Group
Places for People
PureGym
PwC UK
Rail Wellbeing Alliance
RE:NEW Beauty
Retail Trust
Rio Tinto
Road Haulage Association
J Sainsburys
SIC Official
Siemens UK
Simplyhealth
SLT Leisure
Sopra Steria UK
Spire Healthcare
Square Health
Tesco
The Gym Group
Transport for London
UKHospitality
Unum UK
Vitality UK
Waltham Forest College
Zurich UK