European Health and Safety Week 19th -25th October 2015: Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress
European Health and Safety Week takes place in October each year and is designed to raise awareness of specific health or safety topics. This year it takes place in the third week of October, Monday 19th –Sunday 25th October) and focuses on “Workplace Stress”
The campaign has three main objectives:
- raise awareness and improve our understanding of stress and psychosocial risks in the workplace;
- to provide guidance, support and practical tools for managing risks; and
- to highlight the benefits of managing psychosocial risks for workers and businesses.
The week is run by the European Agency for Safety and Health and is being coordinated by the Health and Safety Executive in the UK. The S2 Partnership will be supporting the campaign by helping to highlight the issue and to promote safe and healthy workplaces.
Managing work related stress makes good sense and applies to businesses of all types and sizes.
If you’re looking to promote better health and safety or new health and safety initiatives within your organisation, the S2 Partnership can help – offering proactive, practical guidance on a range of health and safety issues to deliver business benefits and a better, safer environment. To download our little book of risk management for further information, click here.
There are many benefits to managing healthy and safe workplaces including legal, moral and financial. All employers have legal responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of their employees. This includes minimising both health and safety risks including stress-related illness or injury to employees. The S2 Partnership undertakes a range of services to identify both health and safety hazards and assess the risks to ensure that suitable and sufficient control measures are in place.
Further information on the European Health and Safety Week Campaign on Managing Work Related Stress can be found at the following websites.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/european/index.htm
https://www.healthy-workplaces.eu/en
For further information on how the S2 Partnership can support you in delivering a safer and healthier environment, please contact us.