Occupational health, safety and workplace well-being

Occupational health, safety and workplace well-being

BSOL for Health and Safety Professionals

BSOL for Health and Safety Professionals
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Standards help organizations achieve safer working conditions, enabling them to reduce operational risks and minimize hazards

Taking a standards-based approach can help organizations understand their responsibilities and create the right structures to efficiently manage worker health and safety and comply with the law.

Standards can be hugely beneficial for small organizations who don’t have the in-house expertise. For large organizations, standards are also hugely beneficial – they bring the efficiencies that come from having a consistent approach across multiple sites and countries and can unlock competitive advantages.

Access key health, safety and well-being standards with our standards management system, British Standards Online (BSOL) and achieve optimum working conditions. Access the standards you need in one place and anyone in your organization that needs access to multiple standards can view and download them. Subscribe to pre-built modules or build a personalized standards collection.

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The benefits of a human-centered organization

Social responsibility and sustainable, fair employment are increasingly essential to the success of any organization. With the current economic climate testing organizational resilience to its limit, it is clearer than ever before, that people are an organization’s most important asset.

We spoke to Kate Field, BSI’s Global Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing, to find out how occupational health and safety (OHS) can unlock the benefits of a human-centered organization.

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The benefits of investing in health and well-being in the workplace

  • 44% Better employee morale and engagement
  • 35% A healthier and more inclusive culture
  • 31% Lower absence sickness

New handbook helps SMEs create safe and healthy workplaces

The devastating impact of workplace incidents can have on people is palpable – and on top of this comes a wider economic cost. Poor management of Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) results in business interruption and reduced productivity, leading to losses that could have a significantly large and long-term impact on an organization.

ISO 45001 is the first and only international standard for OH&S management, a result of agreed good practice from around the world. A new handbook, published jointly by ISO and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, provides guidance specifically to small organizations on the implementation of ISO 45001. It aims to improve the statistics by providing an agreed framework to reduce workplace risks, enhance health, increase safety and promote well-being at work.

The handbook is now available with a BSOL subscription. To request more information, please fill out the form below and a member of our team will contact you shortly.

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Key Health, Safety and Well-being standards

  • BS ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems, is at the heart of creating a safe and healthy workplace, so that you’re getting and creating the best for your people.
  • PD ISO 45001 Handbook is a practical guide for SMEs using ISO 45001, to help them unlock the full potential of their people.
  • BS ISO 45003 is a supporting document on Psychological health well-being at work. It recognizes wellbeing as defined by the fulfilment of the physical mental and cognitive needs and expectations of a worker related to their work.
  • BS EN ISO 27500 is the standard on human-centered organizations, laying out the values and beliefs that make an organization human-centered, the significant business benefits that can be achieved and the risks of not being human-centered.
  • BS 76005 is a code of practice for valuing people through diversity and inclusion. As with many of the best-known standards in the world, BSI has led the way and BS 76005 is now in the process of being made into an international standard.
  • PD ISO/PAS 45005 is a new international standard pioneered by BSI, freely available, with general guidelines for safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • BS 65000 is the standard on organizational resilience, designed to help organizations plan for sudden shocks or gradual change, including building resilience through a people-centered approach.

Digital Workplaces webinar

What’s this webinar about?

The current pandemic has accelerated and intensified efforts to re-imagine office workplaces. We need them to be more adaptable, more supportive of health and wellbeing, and enablers of greater productivity.

Rapid innovation in digital technologies, from IoT sensors to AI, can bring this about – but there are challenges to overcome. However, if we get it right, the increase in UK productivity could be worth up to £70 billion per year.

This webinar considers:

  • The potential value of healthy, high-performing workplaces
  • The role of smart technologies, data and analytics in delivering the desired benefits
  • The challenges that have held back investment
  • The role of collaboration and consensus-based good practice in accelerating adoption and unleashing value
  • Examples of existing good practice from industry and government

Who is this webinar for?

Building owners and occupiers, people in estates/building management or digital transformation roles, HR/talent teams, Central and local government, Civil engineering, Construction, Facilities management, IoT and smart device manufacturers, Data and analytics providers

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