Agenda item

The Committee received an annual report of the Occupational Health and Safety Manager, which provided health, safety and wellbeing (HSW) performance for 2019/20.

Councillor Kellet referred to the data from the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) activity and the increase in calls to the service, he asked whether there was any information on why 75.1% of the calls were from female members of staff.  The Occupational Health and Safety Manager confirmed that females were more likely to seek help than males and combined with the workforce being predominantly female.  There had been some targeted work to raise awareness but there was more work to do, however national figures confirmed that males were less likely to seek support due to associated stigma.

Resolved:

That the report be noted