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<p>The tax incentives available to employers to encourage investment in employee health
and wellbeing include relief for employer-funded medical treatment up to £500 where
there has been a recommendation from an occupational health professional and the employee
has been absent for 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>To inform future policy decisions, the
Government is supporting the West Midlands Combined Authority to undertake a pilot
study to assess whether and how financial incentives affect SME actions to improve
health and wellbeing in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult this
year on measures to encourage and support all employers to reduce health-related job
loss, and to improve access to occupational health.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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