Promotion of worker health

Kern van de disclosure

Disclosure 403-6 requires an organization to explain how it facilitates access to non-occupational medical and healthcare services for all employees and for workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization. The explanation must describe the scope of access, including the services available, the worker groups covered and relevant eligibility, location, cost or access limitations.

The organization must also describe any voluntary health-promotion services and programs offered to workers to address major non-work-related physical or mental health risks. For each program or group of programs, it should identify the specific health risks addressed and explain how workers access the support in practice.

A program is voluntary when it does not set mandatory personal health targets and when participation, non-participation, incentives or health outcomes are not used in employment or work-engagement decisions.

Occupational health services and non-occupational healthcare should be distinguished. Occupational preventive services are reported under Disclosure 403-3. Where one clinic or provider performs both functions, describe them separately.

Voluntary health-promotion programs complement but cannot replace occupational health and safety measures that prevent work-related injury and ill health. Where stress, fatigue, musculoskeletal conditions or other health issues are work-related, the organization must address the underlying hazards through its occupational health and safety management system.

GRI additionally recommends reporting how workers’ personal health-related information is kept confidential and how the organization ensures that health data or participation in services and programs is not used for favorable or unfavorable treatment.

Quantitative information, such as participation, utilisation or effectiveness metrics, can be included as supporting context but does not replace the required description of access, scope, programs and risks.

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