A policy forum for healthier, more productive workplaces
The Policy Liaison Group on Workplace Wellbeing brings together parliamentarians, business leaders and civil society to shape policy that nurtures healthier, fairer working environments, supporting physical health, mental wellbeing and financial resilience across the UK workforce. By improving how people experience work, we help drive productivity, inclusion, and sustainable growth.
The Policy Liaison Group on Workplace Wellbeing has published Good Work, Good Health, Good Growth, a new evidence-based framework to help employers create healthier, more productive workplaces.
Latest updates
- Press release
“Good work is not a luxury” | UK Duty of Care Guidelines provide blueprint for growth and prosperity through better employment
Read here to see the press release announcing the publication of our Duty of Care Guidelines.
This is a landmark publication that sets out an evidence-based framework to help policymakers create healthier, more productive workplaces.
- Blogs
Why policymakers must help solve the “wicked” problems of workplace wellbeing
Emily Pearson (Wellbeing Lead Academy), one of the Policy Liaison Group on Workplace Wellbeing’s Advisory Board members, reflects on how workplace wellbeing must evolve from individual interventions to systemic change.
- Key takeaways
Tackling the UK’s youth NEET Crisis
With more than one million young people now not in education, employment or training (NEET), the UK faces a growing challenge to future economic growth and social mobility. This roundtable brought together employers, workplace wellbeing experts and youth employment specialists to explore practical solutions. It highlighted the importance of recruiting for potential, expanding early workplace opportunities, strengthening supportive management, and fostering collaboration between employers, education providers and government.
- Blogs
Paternity rights: what the UK can learn from other countries
As the UK continues to lag behind many European and global counterparts on paternity leave, Katharine Quigg explores current paternity legislation, the changes introduced by the Employment Rights Act, and the lessons that can be learned from more generous parental leave systems abroad.
- Blogs
The Milburn Review: the barriers facing young people
After the publication of Alan Milburn’s interim review, Katharine Quigg discusses the growing barriers facing young people entering and remaining in work, examining current government policy, the findings of the Milburn Review, and the role employers must play in creating more inclusive and sustainable workplaces for younger generations.
- Key takeaways
Setting the conditions to ‘Keep Britain Working’
Held shortly after the King’s Speech opened the new parliamentary session, this roundtable, led by Professor Dame Carol Black, examined the barriers preventing healthier and longer working lives, alongside the reforms required to strengthen workforce participation and resilience. Building on the Keep Britain Working Review, participants explored how the UK can move from a reactive system to one focused on prevention, early intervention, and long-term workforce sustainability.
- Key takeaways
NDAs and the future of workplace accountability
The banning of NDAs in cases of harassment and discrimination marks a significant shift in the UK’s approach to workplace accountability. This roundtable, joined by Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP, Layla Moran MP, Zelda Perkins CBE and Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, explored how organisations can move beyond reliance on NDAs to foster psychologically safe environments and embed accountability.
- Blogs
Breaking the silence: NDAs, bullying and the future of workplace accountability
Ahead of the Policy Liaison Group’s roundtable, Gabriella Franklin explores the misuse of NDAs, which led to Labour MP Louise Haigh’s amendment to the Employment Rights Act.
- Key takeaways
Financial wellbeing with the City of London Corporation
The Group joined the City of London Corporation at the Guildhall to explore workplace financial wellbeing. Experts highlighted the urgent need for employers to support staff through tailored savings, earned wage access, and guidance, particularly for frontline and variable-income workers.
- Key takeaways
AI, health and the future of work
This roundtable examined how AI is reshaping work, with implications for productivity, wellbeing and job quality. Chaired by Sonia Kumar MP with contributions from Simon Greenman, discussions emphasised AI as a tool for augmentation rather than substitution, particularly in health and frontline services. Participants stressed that trust, transparency, workforce engagement and human accountability are preconditions for success.
