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4 Tips On Outsourcing Health & Safety And Getting More Value For Money

You probably feel it too. The pinch of the current financial climate and the increased pressures on reducing overheads and costs.
At the same time, your workload isn’t reduced, so you have to do more with less.
You have to be more careful about your spending, but how do you decide on where to cut?
One of the most common ways, but also the most flawed, is to apply a broad-brush cutting approach in the shape of a percentage reduction across the board with little or no attention to the particular needs of your organisation, staff, clients, suppliers or customers.

Here are 4 tips on outsourcing H&S and getting more value for money:

  • Determine your key processes and prioritise according to what’s crucial to your company’s
    • competitive performance
    • operational performance and service delivery
    • ability to attract, acquire and retain your customers

  • When you move to H&S outsourcing, look carefully at how you can avoid losing intrinsic value within your organisation.
    You want to conserve cash and control overheads, BUT you also want to stay safe and retain your safety culture, systematic approach to risk, key skills and competencies, etc., and keep your reputation intact.

    Ask your outsourcing partner what you’ll actually be getting, how your safety regime will actually look on a day-to-day basis, and who will be working with you.

  • Tense times and cost cutting can easily lead to workplace stress and anxiety, absenteeism, and accidents.
    Keep briefing your top executives about the steps you’re taking to pre-empt such issues, and consider bolstering appreciation of Health & Safety, not just at the employee level, but also for your executives.

    Consider executive risk awareness training: by improving your senior executives’ H&S awareness, you can help them make more informed decisions for your organisation.

  • Take a good look at the value for money you’re getting from your training providers.
    Are you getting training or knowledge transferred to your organisation that is shaped to fit your business objectives? Are the training programmes innovative, memorable, and distinctive – and do they tie in with your company’s culture?


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