Occupational Health - Law and Practice Update
Overview:
This Occupational Health Update provides you with an update on crucial developments in OH law and professional practice. We will take delegates through some of the most complex and important developments in OH law and practice, providing no-nonsense explanations of how they will affect OH professionals, employers and employees.
Many organisations are aware of occupational health, but not the legal requirements and the potential benefits to long-term sickness management of occupational health issues, and significant costs of failing to manage occupational health risks. Health issues cost organisations far more than occupational accidents in the workplace, yet the effort to prevent occupational health risks is often far lower than that provided to prevent occupational accidents. This course will help forward thinking organisations to understand the long term benefits of managing occupational health issues.
The day is intended to save occupational health, health & safety and HR professionals from trawling through the huge amounts of reference literature and regulatory information each year, which needs to be consumed and understood by anyone with responsibilities in the workplace. The seminar provides in one day all the critical and relevant information necessary to understand the implications of key changes over the year.
Who Should Attend?
All those with responsibility for ensuring occupational health compliance within their business and those who are seeking to improve their understanding of current and recently emerging relevant law and best practice. Any Manager with responsibility for Occupational Health, HR or Health & Safety will find this an invaluable one-day update.
Testimonials
Excellent, comprehensive information, lots to take back and implement – Lincolnshire Cooperative
- Excellent, comprehensive information, lots to take back and implement – Lincolnshire Cooperative
Good discussion, perfect group size and cross section of industry – Synthomer (UK) Ltd
- Good discussion, perfect group size and cross section of industry – Synthomer (UK) Ltd
Excellent content and very informative event – Transdev Blazefield
- Excellent content and very informative event – Transdev Blazefield
The day was informative and interactive. I gained a lot from the discussions – EnviroVent
- The day was informative and interactive. I gained a lot from the discussions – EnviroVent
Very relaxed, enjoyable environment. Dave was excellent – Tata Steel
- Very relaxed, enjoyable environment. Dave was excellent – Tata Steel
Hanson
- Very good
OCS
- Very good course
Hanson – Very good.
- Hanson – Very good.
OCS – Very good course.
- OCS – Very good course.
Excellent, comprehensive information, lots to take back and implement – Lincolnshire Cooperative
- Excellent, comprehensive information, lots to take back and implement – Lincolnshire Cooperative
Good discussion, perfect group size and cross section of industry – Synthomer (UK) Ltd
- Good discussion, perfect group size and cross section of industry – Synthomer (UK) Ltd
Excellent content and very informative event – Transdev Blazefield
- Excellent content and very informative event – Transdev Blazefield
The day was informative and interactive. I gained a lot from the discussions – EnviroVent
- The day was informative and interactive. I gained a lot from the discussions – EnviroVent
Very relaxed, enjoyable environment. Dave was excellent – Tata Steel
- Very relaxed, enjoyable environment. Dave was excellent – Tata Steel
Hanson
- Very good
OCS
- Very good course
Hanson – Very good.
- Hanson – Very good.
OCS – Very good course.
- OCS – Very good course.
Course Programme:
9.00am | Registration and coffee
9.20am | Welcome and introduction
• Hot topics for Occupational Health & Wellbeing
- Mental health at work review
- Data protection in occupational health
- Global issues in occupational health
• Mental health and stress
- Do workers need more support after suffering stress?
- Should employers need to take practical steps to tackle mental health issues?
- Does job fulfilment effect the mental health of contract workers?
• Legal hot topics
- New Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) medical malpractice indemnity policy for occupational health practitioners.
- Spelling out the occupational health value proposition to business.
11.00am | Coffee Break
• Occupational health research round-up
- Good line management cuts absence in younger workers.
- Mentally disabled workers experience discrimination in rehabilitation.
- Mentally disabled workers experience discrimination in rehabilitation.
• Health surveillance
- Does workplace health promotion work? A review of the evidence.
- Engaging all employees in their Personal Health Status.
- Employee wellbeing at John Lewis reflects the partnership culture
12.30am | Lunch Break
• Get ready for the new ISO 45001 safety and health standard?
- Reducing work-related deaths, injuries and illness
- Discussion regarding
- Securing ‘top management’ commitment to ISO 45001 and their involvement in actively leading on it.
- How to ensure effective mechanisms for change management and worker consultation and participation.
- How to take steps to address any OSH competence and resource needs across the organisation.
2.30pm | Tea Break
• Musculoskeletal disorders
- Musculoskeletal screening in the workplace.
- Should employers take responsibility for injuries outside of work?
- Are office-based businesses putting health at risk?
• Final questions
16.30pm | Close of day
