What is ISO 45003?
ISO 45003 gives guidance on managing psychological health and safety at work. It covers psychosocial risks such as excessive workload, long hours, lone working, poor communication, bullying, job insecurity and exposure to traumatic events. It is a guidance standard, so it isn't certified on its own. Instead, it is designed to work within an ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system, treating mental health risks with the same structured approach as physical hazards.
Who needs it?
- Businesses already certified to ISO 45001 that want to cover wellbeing properly
- Construction and fabrication firms, where long hours, site pressure and lone working are common
- Employers seeing rising absence, stress-related sickness or high staff turnover
- Organisations whose clients or frameworks ask about mental health and wellbeing arrangements
Business benefits
Healthier workforcePsychosocial risks identified and controlled before they cause harm.
Lower absenceFewer stress-related absences and less staff turnover.
Legal duty metEmployers must assess the risk of work-related stress, and this gives you a clear way to do it.
Stronger ISO 45001Wellbeing built into your existing health and safety system, not bolted on.
How SBMS helps
- Gap analysisWe review how you currently identify and manage stress, workload and wellbeing risks.
- Risk assessmentWe help you identify psychosocial hazards and assess them alongside your physical risks.
- DocumentationWe integrate ISO 45003 guidance into your ISO 45001 policies, procedures and risk registers.
- ImplementationWe brief managers and staff, and set up consultation and support arrangements.
- Internal auditWe check the arrangements are working and feed results into your management review.
- Ongoing maintenanceWe help you monitor indicators such as absence and survey results, and keep improving.
Typical timescales
Where ISO 45001 is already in place, ISO 45003 guidance can usually be integrated within a few weeks to a few months, depending on the size of your workforce.