The National Irish Safety Organisation is running half-day workshops in Dublin and Limerick on ‘Implementing Wellbeing Strategies in the Workplace’ on 18 May and 8 June respectively.

Under the auspices of Healthy Ireland, the Department of Health developed the National Healthy Workplace Framework, which was launched in December 2021, in partnership with the Department of Enterprise, Business and Innovation.

To recognise workplaces making a significant progress in promoting health and wellbeing, the Healthy Workplace Award, sponsored by Healthy Ireland, was integrated into NISO/NISG All-Ireland Occupational Safety Awards from 2019. It provides an opportunity to demonstrate commitment to the health and wellbeing agenda across the organisation.

Designed to support workplaces that are interested in addressing health and wellbeing, the workshops will explore the enablers and barriers to guide this implementation in their own organisations.

Seminar speaker Biddy O’Neill is the National Policy Lead in Healthy Ireland at the Department of Health. She is leading the implementation of the National Healthy Workplace Framework launched in 2021 and has responsibility for Mental Health Promotion.