Information for employers

Healthy employees lead to greater profitability for the company. Expertise is retained and fewer temporary workers are needed. Each day of downtime costs the company around CHF 1,000.

Both physical pain and mental anguish can be avoided through the implementation of occupational health and safety measures.

Employers are legally responsible for the health and safety of their employees in the workplace. Even if prevention duties are delegated, the overall responsibility remains with the employer.

Since employers have an overview of the company’s activities, they can identify potential health risks at an early stage and issue binding instructions for all employees.
Occupational health and safety is therefore a management issue.