Compliance · February 2026
ISO 45003 and what it really asks of you
Psychosocial risk management is no longer optional. A plain-English map of the standard and where ergonomics belongs inside it.
ISO 45003 sits underneath ISO 45001 and asks employers to manage psychosocial risk with the same seriousness as physical risk. In plain English: the standard expects you to identify the things about how work is organised that can harm wellbeing — workload, role clarity, autonomy, support, recognition — and to do something measurable about them.
Ergonomics belongs squarely inside this. Pain caused by a workstation is a physical complaint with a psychosocial tail: it shapes how someone feels about their job, their employer, and their own competence long before it shows up in an incident log. Treating the workstation is treating the wellbeing.
A right-sized response to ISO 45003 for most SMEs is not a heavy management system. It is a short, honest survey twice a year, a published action log, and a named person who owns follow-through. We help teams design exactly that — proportionate to the risk, defensible if asked.
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