Long-term sickness becoming the main reason for economic inactivity among women
According to a TUC report, the number of women who are economically inactive because of long-term sickness has risen by 48 percent in the past five years. Bernard Yew, Medical Director at PAM OH Solutions, explains why more women than men are falling out of work due to ill health.
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