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Occupational health: The business benefits of a proactive approach
This whitepaper examines how a proactive occupational health strategy reduces costs, prevents long-term sick leave, and builds a compliant, high-performing workforce.
What's inside this guide
Most organisations treat occupational health reactively, increasing costs through absences and turnover. This whitepaper from Opus Safety proposes a proactive strategy focusing on:
- Preventing long-term sick leave disruption
- Enhancing wellbeing and productivity through health surveillance
- Workplace risk management and early intervention
- Building cost-effective occupational health programmes
- Exceeding compliance through proactive employee support
Health & safety insights
Guidance, updates and practical advice for your sector.
PPE regulations and workplace welfare: what an employer must provide
Under the PPE regulations, employers in Great Britain must provide suitable PPE free of charge. Welfare law adds toilets, washing, water and rest areas.
Multi-site health and safety management: what a partner does
Multi-site health and safety management: head office sets the policy and audit standard once, and each site holds its own assessments and records.
First aid needs assessment: what it decides and how many first aiders you need
A first aid needs assessment decides your kit, whether an appointed person is enough and how many first aiders you need, using HSE's suggested numbers.
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999: what they require
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers in Great Britain to assess risks and appoint a competent person.
Work at Height Regulations 2005: what the law requires
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 apply in Great Britain at any height. The regulation 6 hierarchy, ladders, inspection intervals and who has duties.
Dynamic risk assessment: meaning, the law and examples
A dynamic risk assessment is a trained worker's check as conditions change on the job. No regulation names it, and it never replaces your risk assessment.
How to support an in-house health and safety manager
How a consultancy supports an in-house health and safety manager: specialist assessments, absence cover, audits and inspections. The duty stays yours.
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989: PAT testing and live work
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require systems to be maintained to prevent danger. They set no PAT testing interval; HSE suggests where to start.
LOLER regulations: lifting equipment duties explained
LOLER stands for the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. What the LOLER regulations cover, inspection intervals and who examines.
7 health and safety consultancies in the UK, and how to tell which fits you
Seven UK health and safety consultancies compared on delivery model, sector depth and who visits your site, with what each one does well.
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