RDW - on a healthy and safe course

RDW is the Dutch licensing authority for all vehicles on the public highway and  sees to it that all these vehicles comply with the safety and environmental requirements. RDW employs close on 1,500 people, working at 21 sites spread throughout the country.

Until 2009, the policy on working conditions and absenteeism at RDW was shaped mainly from a statutory framework, with the spotlight firmly on risk management (based on risk assessment) and on support during sick leave monitoring and reintegration. Fuelled by the ambition to grow RDW into a High Performance Organisation, it was decided, in 2010, to embrace the concept of 'Integrated health management' (IHM). IHM is the systematic management of the health and vitality of both employees and the company. Besides promoting the vitality of individual employees, the health and vitality of the organisation is also a main objective of IHM.