A New Health and Safety Service for Industry

Abstract

Management has both a moral and a legal duty to ensure the health and safety of all its employees and others present in the company's premises. These commitments should not be regarded purely as yet another burden added to the load of management, for good health and safety policies sensibly applied can significantly improve labour relations, reduce absenteeism and enhance productivity. Management also has a responsibility for the health and safety aspects of the company's products and for the safe disposal of unwanted by‐products of production. In order to cope adequately with the health and safety facets of its responsibilities management needs to be able to call on a very wide range of expertise; only the largest companies can hope to have sufficient expertise in‐house.

Citation

Bridges, J. (1982), "A New Health and Safety Service for Industry", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 82 No. 3/4, pp. 14-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb057238