What is Occupational Health?
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Obligations
The Organisation has a responsibility by law to identify and control significant risk factors that can contribute to ill health at work, advise employees on health issues and work with them to ensure high standards of health and safety, including environmental health.
Occupational health can help to meet the organisation's obligations under both UK and European legislation (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, The Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999 and related regulations):
Occupational Health can help organisations by advising on health & safety policies, practices and procedures
- helping to ensure compliance with health & safety legislation and disability discrimination legislation, advising on shortfalls.
- advising on health & safety policies, practices and procedures
- assisting management in controlling sickness absence and it's resultant costs
- reviewing the fitness of employees following illness and assisting with rehabilitation to enable them to contribute even if not fully fit
- helping to prevent costly mistakes both in human as well as financial terms by advising on fitness of the employee for the job, and fitness of the job for the employee
- assessing risks relating to the health of individuals and groups engaged in particular tasks
- monitoring employees' health on an on-going basis
- advising on the delivery of first aid services
- organising health promotion activities to help keep the workforce fit
- advising on policies and procedures for the management and alleviation of stress
- advising on programmes to tackle drug and alcohol abuse
- assessing employees' eligibility for long term disability benefits or retirement on health grounds
