BS PAS 1010:2011 PDF

Scope: This Publicly Available Specification (PAS) provides employers with guidance on good practice for the assessment and management of psychosocial risks in a workplace environment. This PAS is applicable to human resources managers and specialists, occupational health and safety managers and specialists, managers and owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and employee representatives. This PAS is most likely to be used by organizations that wish to: a) establish a strategy and process of psychosocial risk management to eliminate or minimize risks to personnel and other interested parties who could be exposed to psychosocial hazards associated with its activities; b) implement, maintain and continually improve the psychosocial risk management process and related practices; c) assure themselves of their conformity with their stated occupational health and safety (OH&S) and psychosocial risk policy. The guidance and recommendations in this PAS are intended to be incorporated into any OH&S management system. The extent of the application will depend on such factors as the OH&S policy of the organization, the nature of its activities and the risks and complexity of its operations.

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2011 BS PAS 1010:2011 Guidance on the management of psychosocial risks in the workplace