Should annual health checks be extended to other staff groups; namely, staff working within catering, cleaning and caring services

  This research report seeks to ascertain whether me current annual mann erects offered to specific groups of staff snout be extenoeci to other groups of staff working within Kindees Council (KC). The organisational context makes the consideration of this question more prudent in mat KC is a large public-sector employer with around 9.000 full tine equivalent staff. KC nas a large and extremety well equipped occupational nealth service at me Employee Healthcare unit (EHC) which provides an offer for external organisations as well as employees of KC. EHC offer neaten surveillance to staff who are required to arive a venue, use equipment which may cause vibrations and those staff in physical roes (a full list can be found at appends 'sr) however mese CheCka are re:Ores by statute. Heath surveance is not available as a matter of course to staff workkg in roles which are arguably as pnysicaey °emending such as catering, cleaning and caring rotes where mere is often a significant amount of moving ana nandling required. There is a significant alive on ensuring equality across staff groups in terms of protected characteristics such as gender whim is one element this report will actress. M 30011k4IELI presume is the heavily unionised nature of the organisation veldt resists in increased scrutiny in all MSS of me business and this report is intended to pre-empt the pawner for me current offer to be scrutinised with the current health check offer raving been furry considered. This is particularly relevant with the specific staff groups considered within me report; for example, there are high tensions at me present time with refuse collectors with a recent parrot approving strike action latencies to take place durng June highlighting the fragility of the current insustriso retatens within tne organisation. The overall aim of the report is to nvestigate wiener health checks shout be offered on an BMW] basis to additional groups of staff inducing catering. cleaning and caring staff. The objectives of the report can be specified as fellows; ❑ Identify and ecthore me current statutory requirements relating to regutar health checks and When( the groups identified shout be included ulcer tegisiaten. ❑ Identify and ecthore potential barriers to extending me annual hearth cnecks giving consiaenation to me overall additional cost and service implications as well as tne general part-time nature of the roes tieing investigated. ❑ Utilising literature at attendance statistics explore wnetner there is actuary a case for ecotenong the nealm CheCkS to acetone] groups of staff. ❑ Ascertain me risk of not extending the hearth checks from tne perspective of potentat gender °Scrimnation cue to ..vorkforce demographics of tne areas specified.