Why have occupational health/wellbeing services?
Benefits include
- Increased productivity, through effective sickness absence management and wellbeing strategies
- The rehabilitation and early return of staff to the workplace following prolonged periods of sickness absence/injury
- Reduced costs associated with sickness absence, litigation and insurance
- Identification, intervention and prevention of work related ill-health
- Compliance with Health and Safety legislation
- Promotion of a culture of employee health and wellbeing
- Selection of the right employee for the right job and reduced turnover rates and recruitment costs
The Law
It is a requirement under health and safety legislation for employers to protect employees against potential workplace hazards. In addition to this requirement, several individual pieces of employment and health & safety legislation do make it clear that specific interventions by medical personnel are required.
These include:-
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
- Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations
- Manual Handling Regulations
- D.S.E. Regulations
- Disability Discrimination Act
- Working Time Regulations
- Common Law (Personal Injury Claims)
There is a duty placed upon the employer under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to ensure that workplace activities do not impact on the health of the employee. Failure to comply with these requirements could result in hefty fines
Affordable Occupational Health
