A good approach to healthy and safe working starts with a good health and safety policy. A health and safety expert (company doctor or occupational health and safety service) can help you establish a health and safety policy.
Why engage a company doctor or occupational health and safety service?
Under the Working Conditions Act (Arbowet), you must engage a certified health and safety expert to:
- advise on and review your Risk Inventory and Evaluation (RI&E). If a company has fewer than 26 employees, it can use a recognised industry-wide RI&E. This does not need to be validated.
- sickness absence guidance
- periodic occupational medical examination
- pre-appointment health checks
In addition, you can also turn to the occupational health and safety service or company doctor for advice on prevention and sustainable employability.
Healthy and safe working self-inspection
Is your health and safety policy in order? Use the Healthy and safe working self-inspection tool (Dutch) to find out.