With a career that has seen him in roles at national and multinational level, Craig Docherty GradIOSH explains why respecting cultural differences – both within and beyond the workplace – is crucial.
Ruth Wilkinson, IOSH head of health and safety, discusses her lead in developing IOSH’s own occupational health and safety management system to compliance with ISO 45001.
Mental health promotion, leading sustainability and human capital, refining leadership and soft skills, and risk profiling were among the standouts at this year’s conference
Embedding a particular mindset within an organisation’s workforce needs buy-in from everyone. To maintain safety standards it is essential, but how can this be achieved?
Most health and safety programmes tend to default to safety because they are more often seen as a business priority, especially in higher-risk sectors. Safety is driven by legislation and regulation and organisations find it easier to show their commitment to safety because it is tangible and visible -- you can see hard hats, inspect records, documents and equipment. When you talk about health it tends to be the smaller component -- health programmes are sometimes included but they are not given equal measure.
It is fair to say that some industries are more focused on health than others,…