NICE Public Health Guidance 55: Oral Health: local authorities and partners recommends:
1) Working with occupational health and human resource services to promote and protect oral health using Delivering Better Oral Health. This should be part of efforts to improve general health and wellbeing at work and should be tailored to local needs.
2) Considering ways to raise awareness of evidence-based oral health information and advice and ways to improve access to dental services.
3) Considering allowing people time off work to go to the dentist without losing pay.
4) Making information available to staff about local dental services and about national guidelines on oral health.
5) Ensuring the workplace environment promotes oral health
The Healthy Working Wales programme aims to support and encourage employers to create healthy working environments, and take action to improve the health and wellbeing of their staff.