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18
sentences that state something as happening or true
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6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Health
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People off sick from work should keep in phone contact with their boss, government-appointed back-to-work expert Sir Charlie Mayfield has said.
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Mayfield → publish → work
Getting bosses and workers to have a conversation, rather than simply exchanging emails and sicknotes, could help get people back into work, Sir Charlie, who is leading the Keep Britain Working taskforce, said.
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who → get → taskforce
His latest report said health-related economic inactivity was costing Britain around £212m a year in benefit payments and lost output.
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inactivity → say → payments
Talking on the phone was just "one piece of the jigsaw" he said on Wednesday.
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he → talk → Wednesday
The report calls for more workplace support, external for people with health conditions and disabilities and the establishment of a Workplace Health System alongside the NHS.
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report → call → NHS
But improving communication was also a way to "rehumanise" the workplace and help prevent people dropping out of work altogether, Sir Charlie said.
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Charlie → improve → work
The report does not suggest that someone struck down by flu needs to croak through their symptoms over the phone or that bosses need to provide down-the-line sickbed sympathy if an employee is off with food poisoning.
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employee → suggest → poisoning
It is more about longer term issues," Sir Charlie told the BBC's Today Programme.
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Charlie → tell → Programme
But he said Britain was doing a "poor job" of handling sickness in the workplace, leading to more people becoming disengaged and dropping out altogether.
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people → say → workplace
"I have met so many people who have said to me, 'You know, I was signed off sick and I was off sick for a month, two months, three months, and I had almost no contact with my employer'," Sir Charlie said.
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Charlie → meet → employer
Around 300,000 people leave work every year with a health condition, much of which is preventable, the report said.
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report → leave → which
Sir Charlie said employees sometimes feared talking about long-term health issues with their employer.
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employees → say → employer
"But the fear is also felt by employers as well because they're afraid of causing offence or creating a complaint or a grievance," he added.
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he → feel → complaint
Fear on both sides can create a distance and lack of understanding, he warned, with longer absences making it much more likely a worker will drop out of the labour force altogether.
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worker → create → force
"If you can keep more people in work, there's a massive opportunity for us to add billions to the economy and, frankly, to people's livelihoods," Sir Charlie said.
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Charlie → keep → livelihoods
"To get that, though, you need to have people talking to each other, and you've got to more actively manage sickness and ill health in the workplace.
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you → get → workplace
Employers need to do more, he said, and employees need to engage with it.
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employees → need → it
Other ways for bosses to support staff include ensuring access to treatments such as physiotherapy and talking therapies, he said.
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he → support → physiotherapy
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