Fraternidad-Muprespa participates in the Healthy Company Forum organized by El Correo
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao hosted this morning the Healthy Business Forum organized by the newspaper El Correo in collaboration with Osalan, the Basque Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. The Vice President and Minister of Labor and Employment, Idoia Mendia, opened the day and stated that health promotion “is not only a right for working people, but an investment for companies.” He has also highlighted the need to rethink the concept of the workplace “as a healthy and safe space.” "Work is a right to live, not a place to die. That is why the prevention of occupational risks must be part of the citizen culture.
Fraternidad-Muprespa has been present at this important event since Natalia Fernández Participating in the table were Iñaki Olaizola, deputy director of Planning at Osalan, William Cockburn, head of the Prevention and Research Unit of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work; and Dolores Rico, Prevention Director at SGS Northern Zone. Fernández
“Half of sick days are due to work stress. Although musculoskeletal disorders are the most frequent reason for sick leave, psychosocial disorders generate the longest sick leave." This is how William Cockburn expressed it, adding that "apparent weaknesses can be turned into a strength if they have a powerful preventive modality, through resources, diversity or communication. This commitment to prevention is important.”
For his part, Iñaki Olaizola has highlighted the importance of the participation of the administration in many of the projects aimed at improving health and safety conditions at work with activities for promotion and training. "Training is not a talk, it is important to know how to reach the employer, the CEO, the middle management and since work is a determinant of health, working in a healthy company is a source of health," he concluded.
Dolores Rico, Director of Prevention SGS Northern Zone, focused her intervention on prevention in the group of SMEs and micro-SMEs and in healthy companies, “something that an organization will never achieve if it is not a safe company. A healthy company is also socially responsible.” “Talking about a healthy company in a holistic, sustainable and human way implies commitment, alliances, social dialogue, diversity, co-responsibility, training, resources and equality. Adding it up, it is possible", concluded Natalia Fernández Laviada at the end of the table.
Other representatives of entities linked to risk prevention and occupational health and safety have also participated in the Forum, such as José Millán, director of the Axa Risk Prevention Chair, María Eugenia Pérez Ramos, from the Gizagune Foundation, Digna González, head of the R&D department of the company Bexen Cardio, and Natalia Gimferrer, Healthy Company technician at MC MUTUAL.
The practical part of the day came from the section "Success stories from different companies", which included the testimony of managers from Movex Clinics, Indartek Soluciones e-Learning and Mutualia and which was moderated by Eva González, founder and director of the company Osatoki Salud. The Healthy Company Forum ended with a presentation on the AENOR quality certification given by Ana Huerta, Chief Auditor of Healthy Organization Management Systems.
