Corporate Environment, Health and Safety (CEHS) reports through the Legal Function and Employee Health Management (EHM) reports through Human Resources. The two groups work closely together and are connected organisationally: the Vice President of CEHS has a dotted line relationship with the Global Health Strategy and Governance group within EHM. The two groups collaborate on audits, health and safety programmes and initiatives, as well as on injury and illness reporting.

Employee Health Management Organisation
The Global Health Strategy and Governance team develops employee health-related policies, standards, guidance and tools. The team also reviews their implementation via a global audit process conducted in partnership with CEHS. They support a global employee health network through recruiting, coaching, training professionals and by the development and implementation of best practice programmes and initiatives. They also serve as lead contacts with selected senior management and staff in each GSK business unit. In partnership with CEHS, they collect, analyse and report employee health data from all GSK operating units. In addition they co-ordinate and align activities with CEHS, and Corporate Compliance groups and support product stewardship initiatives.

Managing health issues not related to work
In addition to preventing adverse health effects related to work, GSK realises the importance of managing behaviours that may be detrimental to health, but not related to work. This broader view of health management means GSK can better influence behaviours that present risks to good health and go beyond the boundaries of the workplace, such as smoking, eating and exercising. This view benefits employees and GSK because managing health issues, whether they are related to work or not, reduces the costs of health care. Studies have shown that individuals with more than three health risk factors are significantly more likely to file a workers' compensation claim for occupational illness or injury or to lose time from work because of short-term disability or sickness absence. Therefore reducing health risk factors in employees has a positive influence on work-related health costs and incidents. Several of the Employee Health Management teams support personal health programmes.

The Employee Health Support and Organisational Resilience team develops GSK's global vision, strategy and programmes for resilience, work-life balance, and health enhancement to all GSK sites. It delivers these programmes in the US and UK via a shared services model. The team collects and synthesises information on best practices in these programme areas and uses metrics and diagnostic tools to support workforce health and resilience and to measure effectiveness.

The EHM Shared Services teams, in partnership with management, Corporate and site Environment, Health and Safety, and Human Resources, manage health risks associated with business activity in the US and UK. They maximise employee productivity by protecting and restoring health and by minimising health-related absence from work. They support organisational productivity by promoting resilience and advising managers on issues where health impacts performance. They collect, analyse and report validated data to facilitate evidence-based decision making.

The Health Planning and Analysis team provides the analysis and planning to inform decision making for EHM shared services in the US and UK. The team identifies new Occupational Health regulatory and legislative issues that affect GSK. It supports the healthcare benefits team to plan, analyse and develop effective health benefit plans. Finally it co-ordinates the planning and development of EH tools that support GSK's products used in occupational settings.

The Communications and Technology team manages technology projects and interfaces with other technology groups in data management and reporting processes to enhance service delivery to the business. It also co-ordinates EHM's internal and external communications.