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BSI ushers in code of practice to tackle 'mental health and well-being crisis'

Open-access content 19th July 2018
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19 July 2018 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal


BSI, the business standards company, has launched a new code of practice for organisations to "help tackle a crisis in the mental health and well-being of Britain's workforce".

 

The code, PAS 3002, provides recommendations to establish, promote, maintain and review the health and well-being of workers within an organisation.

 

It considers how health and well-being should be incorporated into the working environment and how leadership can make sure that health and well-being-related services are available to employees.

 

PAS 3002 was developed with input from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development among other organisations, and the document recommends five key principles to form the basis of an organisation's approach.

 

1. Capitalise on diversity and inclusion as an organisational strength.

 

2. Proactively support the physical and psychological health and well-being of workers.

 

3. Foster a work culture that offers strong, ethical relationships, a collaborative and communicative management style, and an organisational culture in which learning and development are encouraged.

 

4. Ensure that jobs are designed so that they offer meaningful work.

 

5. Support good people management policies and practices.

 

The "underpinning ethos of PAS 3002 is that it is evidence-based in material referred to and in the way organisational data is used". The document aims to be a supplement to provide a benchmark for organisations around the world regardless of jurisdiction, size and sector in relation to the health and well-being of its workers and so help to improve the health of the working population.

 

Development of the code of practice was spurred by increasing stress in the workplace and an increased awareness of mental illness, growing support and encouragement for a diverse workforce, the increasingly ageing workforce, and a trend towards employees staying in work for longer.

 

Some 137 million working days were lost to sick leave in the UK in 2016, with organisations spending £9 billion each year on sick pay and associated costs. The cost of 'presenteeism' - where employees attend work while ill but inefficiently - has also risen sharply in recent years.

 

Anne Hayes, head of governance and resilience at BSI, said: "Health and well-being should be everyone's concern within an organisation. Increasingly, organisations are being asked to meet their responsibilities in relation to health and well-being in order to provide healthy workplaces and to protect people from harm.

 

"Enhancing employee well-being and engagement is at heart of this code of practice, and PAS 3002 provides guidance for organisations to provide early intervention to help prevent people being absent for health reasons and to use the workplace to promote individual health and well-being."

 

The following organisations were involved in the development of PAS 3002 as members of the steering group: The Centre for Ageing Better; The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF); Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD); Civil Service Employee Policy; Council for Work and Health; Hitachi Europe; Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University; Nestlé; Public Health England; Skanska UK Plc; and Wrenwell Ltd.

 

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