On behalf of HSE, the Health and Safety Lab (HSL) are running a 3-year survey to collect and analyse sickness absence data from the UK Waste & Recycling Industry using WISH Metrics. It is hoped that this study will help identify effective and targeted interventions aimed at reducing rates of sickness absence across the industry. There will also be benefits to participating organisations, as the project outcomes will enable participants to compare their performance with industry-wide data.

HSL will be collecting their first round of data for the period April 2010 - March 2011. If you would like to take part please email the project team on wish@hsl.gov.uk. They will then contact you later in March with full details of how to participate.

To find out more about the project click here.

To see an example report of the summary statistics this survey will provide click here.