Sunday early afternoon before the start of the ICOH Congress, I had a meeting with the Chairman and Founder of the SOS Foundation, Arnaud Vaissie, and a couple of his senior staff. We discussed the issue of “duty of care” for an employer and the establishment of global guidelines in the area. We explored areas of collaboration and how we could move the initiative forward.
There was a panel discussion of experts convened on Monday evening to discuss the issue from various perspectives and consider solutions. CCOHS was well represented on the panel by our Dr. P.K. Abeytunga. Other members of the panel included (from left to right in the photo) the heads of ISSA, IOHA, NIOSH, past President of Finnish Institute, CCOHS, ICOH, and SOS Foundation.