Is Health and Safety a cost centre or a profit centre?Workplace Health and Safety is of prime importance for any business. Generally, companies have a tendency to view investment in Health and Safety as a cost centre, something that is responsible for costs that affect the bottom line. If a Health and Safety system or program is in place and is not managed correctly, production can beaffected leading to financial loss to the business further embedding the perception as a cost centre....

Safety is becoming a more important topic of discussion for most businesses, and implementing a detailed safety programme has now been accepted as an organisational priority, something necessary for long-term success. However many organisations fail in this, simply because they are approaching it from the wrong direction. They view safety as a separate task, one that costs money and focusses on measuring unwanted outcomes. Senior and line management is largely unengaged in this traditional, reactive approach and therefore a separate team is usually engaged for the development and implementation of Operational Health and Safety procedures....