This is an essential free resource for SMEs and provides
guidance on a range of issues including health and safety, policy
development and health promoting practice to benefit employees,
customers and suppliers. It incorporates a no-nonsense, easy to follow
approach and will bring value and add quality to any business adopting
it as a workplace standard.
All businesses large and small, have a legal responsibility
to provide a duty of care to employees. Traditionally employers
have placed more emphasis on the safety aspects of health and safety,
but now more and more employers are recognising that there are business
benefits to be gained by taking a wider approach to the health and wellbeing
of employees - the greatest asset of any business.
The cost of absence through ill health in small
businesses can be much more acute than in larger businesses.
This can often mean the difference between completing
an order on time and
keeping a customer or failure. A happy, healthy and reliable workforce
is the key to success and it can boost the company's image in the
eyes of customers, suppliers and employees.
