Tackle workplace sickness to unlock hidden growth, former John Lewis boss says

"I can't tell you how many people I've met who said: 'I was signed off work for three months, or six months, and I never had any contact with my employer at all.'"

— Sir Charlie Mayfield , Executive

"Fixing these problems at the fundamental level, could make a really big contribution to getting this economy working better — for employers, for employees, for the taxpayer, for all of us."

— Sir Charlie Mayfield , Executive

"This is not a zero-sum game. It's not a question of employers win and employees lose and vice versa. Everybody can win."

— Sir Charlie Mayfield , Executive

"You wouldn't have had to build a single house, open a new channel of immigration, you wouldn't have to wait for a cohort of young people to join the workplace. This is basically growth hiding in plain sight."

— Sir Charlie Mayfield , Executive