Health and Safety in a workplace refer to the efforts your organisation makes to ensure all your employees are as safe and healthy as possible. The efforts made to ensure your workplace is healthy and safe may vary depending on what industry the organisation falls in, and what country they are operating from.
In all jurisdictions, there are legal requirements for your organisation to meet in order to ensure you are operating a healthy and safe workplace.
In meeting the health and safety legislation the guidance is simple:
Everyone has a role to play in health and safety
Everyone’s responsibilities should be clear
The focus should ene on managing work risk
Those who create the risk then manage the risk
Businesses are to engage with workers and enable them to actively participate in health and safety
There is flexibility in managing your health and safety risks