Occupational Health Cooperation
The main task of occupational health care is to promote, in cooperation with the workplace, the health and working capacity of employees, safe working conditions, the functioning of the work community and the prevention of work-related illnesses and accidents.
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Substance abuse and its effects in working life
- The substance culture as a preventive measure against substance abuse in the workplace
- Substance abuse programme
- Risk assessment from the perspective of preventive substance abuse work
- Legislation governing the prevention of substance abuse-related harm
- Managing substance abuse problems through co-operation
- Identifying substance abuse
- Intervening in substance abuse and raising the issue
- Intoxication at the workplace
- Drug testing
- Referral to treatment
- Occupational health co-operation in the management of substance abuse-related harm
The Occupational Health Care Act (1383/2001) (pdf)(opens in a new window, you will be directed to another service) obliges the employer to provide occupational health care to the staff when there are one or more employees, regardless of their working hours or duration of employment.
The employer is legally obliged to provide preventive occupational health services to their employees. Organizing nursing care is voluntary, however. Entrepreneurs can also procure occupational health services for themselves.