What is the Code on Well-being at Work?
The Code on Well-being at Work brings together the Belgian implementing decrees of the 1996 Well-being Act. It describes how employers must safeguard the safety and health of their employees.
The Code is made up of several books, covering among other things the organisation of prevention, psychosocial risks, occupational health surveillance and specific risks. For most SMEs, the global prevention policy and psychosocial risks are the most relevant.
The main obligations
- Dynamic risk management system, systematically identifying, evaluating and controlling risks.
- Global prevention plan (5 years) and annual action plan, tackling prevention in a planned way.
- Psychosocial risks, policy on stress, burn-out and unacceptable behaviour.
- Re-integration policy, structured return of long-term sick employees.
- Involvement of the prevention advisor and the CPBW (works council for prevention and protection) where applicable.
From obligation to insight
An independent VitOScan objectively maps the extent to which your policy aligns with the Code, and where the priorities lie, without you having to judge for yourself whether you are in order.
The link with vitality, absence and turnover
Complying with the Code is a minimum. Organisations that go further and actively invest in employer vitality see this reflected in lower absenteeism, less presenteeism and lower turnover. Measuring is the first step.