Influence of Health and Safety Policy on Management Decisions

"Statement of Intent" of the Health and Safety Policy is a written and signed commitment from the management which states that health and safety would be their prime concern in all levels of the organization and would their utmost in implementing heath and safety in the workplace. So from here hence forward all decisions taken by the management must compliment the very commitment that they have provided in the statement of intent section of the policy. Or in other words the management cannot take any decisions that contradicts the commitment that they have provided in the policy. 

Also the management will have to take decision on the resources allocated so as to implement and meet the minimum requirements of health and safety standards followed by the organization. Also the resources will have to be allocated in order to meet the aims, objects and targets that the management has stated in the policy.

Some of the examples of the aims, objects and targets are: - 

• Reducing incident/ accident rate.
• Providing training for the employees.
• Complying with legal rules and regulations.
• Implementing and following active monitoring methods as per the HSE plan.
• Carrying out risk assessment.
• Implementing safe system of work etc.