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ISO/PAS 45005 Safe Working Guidelines and COVID-19

ISO/PAS 45005

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New global guidelines for safe working during COVID-19 - ISO/PAS 45005

COVID-19 has fundamentally shifted the way people live and work. As organizations start to rebuild, capturing the lessons learned as the phases of the pandemic progress is crucial. While economic considerations are important, the fundamental principle of protecting human life underpins all economic recovery.

Organizations must adapt quickly, adopt new working practices and meet new regulations as they embark on a revised course for their "next normal". ISO/PAS 45005 gives guidance on embedding best practice and will help to manage the risks arising from COVID-19 with reference to work-related health, safety and wellbeing.

Who will benefit from ISO/PAS 45005 - new global guidelines for safe working during COVID-19?

The guidelines are useful to organizations of all sizes and in all sectors, including those that have been operating throughout the pandemic; those resuming, planning to resume or reoccupying workplaces following full or partial; and those new and planning to operate for the first time.

Benefits of using ISO/PAS 45005 - new global guidelines for safe working during COVID-19

Provides a single source of good practice based on current knowledge
Supports comprehensive risk assessment
Provides practical examples of ways of managing risks
Enables planning across multiple sites and for many types of worker
Helps to manage the risk of communicable diseases and can reduce sickness absence due to seasonal and other illnesses, such as common colds, influenza and gastric illness
Assists in developing a response plan to enable rapid adjustments if risk levels or operating restrictions change at short notice

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How BSI helps?

BSI has played a pivotal role in the rapid development of ISO/PAS 45005, which is based on BSI's Safe Working Guidance, a ground-breaking guidance document for organizations first published in May 2020.

BSI's expertise in standards creation also enabled ISO/PAS 45005 to be developed extremely rapidly. To assist organizations further, BSI offers a range of services and solutions specifically related to ISO/PAS 45005.

Understanding ISO/45005 Training Course

The current COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted the way people live and work. With populations confined to their own homes, organizations of all types had to change the way they operated or shut down entirely, with little or no time to prepare. The objective of this course is to provide delegates with a comprehensive understanding of Safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic - Guidelines for organization; V.2.

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Gap analysis

BSI will take a closer look at your existing occupational health and safety management system and compare it with the requirements of ISO/PAS 45005 – a cost-effective way to check if there are areas you need to work on before a formal assessment.

Certify to ISO/PAS 45005

Demonstrates that you have put the health of your colleagues and customers first during the COVID-19 pandemic by practicing robust hygiene management.

Customized audit

Client-specific BSI expertise tailored to help your organization manage risks and make the most of opportunities in all areas of health and safety and wellbeing.

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ISO/PAS 45005 provides a single source of agreed good practice and accurate advice, based on current knowledge, supports comprehensive risk assessment and provides practical examples for ways of managing risks. It is vital for organizations to build resilience in the face of the risks the COVID-19 pandemic brings and ISO/PAS 45005 can enable that. BSI understands the challenges they are facing and we’re here to support them in implementing the new guidelines effectively.

Kate Field - Global Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing at BSI

ISO/PAS 45005 supports the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals

ISO/PAS 45005 contributes to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) 3, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and BSI's lead role in the creation of the guidelines reflects and strengthens our commitment to those goals.

Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Goal 3: Good health and wellbeing
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 9: Industry innovation and infrastructure
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

A foundation to support you through times of crisis

The BSI Organizational Resilience Framework has been designed to help organizations to anticipate, prepare for, respond and adapt to disruptions. Its four phases are: Survive, Stabilize, Rebuild and Resilient. Discover how your organizational resilience framework can help support you through times of disruption.

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Why choose BSI?

BSI understands the urgent challenges organizations are facing in 'coping with COVID' – from embracing new requirements and adapting premises to ensuring the well-being of remote workers and boosting the confidence of customers.

BSI's depth of expertise in occupational health, safety and hygiene means we can offer swift support to organizations to solve these immediate challenges and enable them to get back up to speed safely. Specifically, we can help them work to ISO PAS 45005, vital new international guidelines for safe working during the pandemic, which BSI was pivotal in developing.