Guest-Column
By: Juan Carlos Sáez de Rus
Department Manager – Safety, Health,
and Occupational Wellbeing Department
Creating a safe and healthy work environ-
ment is not necessarily easy or extremely
difficult. Achieving the goal defined by the
European Network for Workplace Health
Promotion (ENWHP), “Heathy workers in
healthy companies” can be done gradua-
lly, trying to have the measures aligned with
the company’s level of commitment and
available resources. The characteristics of
good management of health at the work-
place can be summed up as follows:
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A systematic design of programs
to improve the health of the wor-
ker and of the organization.
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Creating a health culture that ful-
fils the needs of the company and
of the worker.
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A health management policy inte-
grated in the company’s strategic
plan since this is positive for the
health of the worker and for the
company’s productivity, efficiency
and competitiveness.
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A methodology that helps people
achieve optimal health (emotional,
physical, social, and intellectual).
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A methodology based on several
strategies to improve the worker’s
knowledge with regards to health
and other relevant players and to
provide a work environment that
protects the health of people and
supports and bolsters healthy
choices.
Healthy people in healthy
companies; investing in the future
Promoting health
at the work place:
