In mid-May, the ISO 45001 draft international standard on “Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems – Requirements with guidance for use” was rejected. Of the 58 member bodies called on to vote, 28% voted against, including France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n
Regarding this, let us give a recap of the rules for voting on a draft international standard. The members (P) of the technical committee which produced the draft are required to vote. The text is approved if a two-thirds majority of these members declare themselves for it and no more than one-quarter of all the votes expressed are against it. In the case of the ISO\/DIS 45001 draft, the first condition is clearly met, because 71% (or more than 66.66%) of the 56 P-Members voted for it; but the second condition is not, because 28% of all the votes expressed (i.e. the 56 P-Members, Estonia which is an observer and the United Kingdom which acts as secretariat for the TC) were against. <\/p>\n
An international meeting is scheduled for early June in Toronto, to analyse the 3000 comments received and consider what to do next: Launch another draft? Downgrade the text to a technical report? Stop the draft? To be continued…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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