FROID ISO 45001
FROID ISO 45001
NR-1 gives Brazilian legal force to occupational risk management. ISO 45001 structures the OH&S management system. ISO 45003 gives guidance for psychosocial risks. FROID works in the layer that must be demonstrable: evidence, criteria, traceability and effectiveness verification.
| NR-1 | A mandatory Brazilian rule that requires work-related psychosocial risk factors to be included in GRO/PGR with identification, assessment, classification, prevention measures, owners, deadlines and follow-up. |
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| ISO 45001 | The architecture for an occupational health and safety management system. It can be audited and certified, but it does not replace national requirements. |
| ISO 45003 | Guidance for managing psychosocial risks within an ISO 45001-based OH&S system. It supports method design, but does not by itself prove NR-1 compliance. |
Identify psychosocial factors, exposed groups, evidence sources, grading criteria and cuts that preserve anonymity.
Register prevention measures, owners, deadlines and existing controls without confusing listening with corrective action.
Reassess after the measure is executed to show effectiveness, insufficient evidence or the need for correction.
When the second assessment fails, the system has not failed: it has shown that the cycle must be corrected and documented.
ISO 45003 organizes the subject by sources of risk at work. In Brazil, that reading must also connect with NR-1 and NR-17 when the company uses ergonomic assessment to characterize real work conditions.
| Work organization | Workload, pace, hours, autonomy, role clarity, change management and pressure for targets. |
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| Social factors | Relationships, leadership, recognition, organizational justice, culture, harassment and retaliation. |
| Environment, equipment and task | Physical conditions, ergonomics, isolation, remote work, hazardous tasks and insufficient resources. |
The revised Chapter 1.5 of NR-1, introduced by MTE Ordinance 1,419/2024 and postponed by MTE Ordinance 765/2025, took effect on May 26, 2026. The topic moved from voluntary well-being language to documented management evidence.
| NR-17/AEP support | Instrument, cuts and evidence to support psychosocial characterization, without replacing the contractor's field assessment. |
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| Inventory | Factors, exposed groups, existing measures, risk classification and indication of evidence sufficiency or insufficiency. |
| Action plan | Measures, owners, deadlines, follow-up and the link between identified risk and planned action. |
| Criteria | Severity, probability, matrix, risk levels, publication rules and decision rationale. |
| History | Baseline, executed action, reassessment and record of effectiveness, failure or need for correction. |
FROID does not declare ISO 45001 certification, certify ISO 45003, replace management-system audits or assume the organization's OH&S decisions. It also does not conduct field assessment, implement prevention measures or issue legal opinions. It organizes evidence so management, legal, compliance, HR and OH&S can discuss the same documented cycle.
