Go to: Solvay list of Country Sanitary Risk Rating
At Group level
Travelling or expatriation in healthy conditions does guarantee the wellbeing of persons as well as the success of journeys or transfers.
In that context, the Solvay Group Travel Policy and the HR International Assignment Policies recommend a medical surveillance of each intercontinental or frequent traveller, as well as each expatriate and the accompanying family.
And more specifically, one of the Group requirements in Occupational Health (IND-HSE-OH-08-PRO, Req. 3.2.8) requires a medical examination is performed prior to any site employee travel to a destination with a high sanitary risk. The high sanitary risk destinations are defined by Solvay taking into account the iSOS classification (International SOS).
An up-to-date Solvay list displays the Sanitary Risk Rating attributed for each country.
Health information for business travellers and expatriates
Information intended for travellers and expatriates is provided on SolvayOne's pages on Travel & Expenses, where specific recommendations regarding health are also provided.
International SOS provides also selective information and recommendations for travellers on its internet site related to e.g :
Business travel assistance available for all Solvay Employees
Solvay employees have access to the International SOS Assistance Centers where doctors, security experts and assistance coordinators are available 24/7 to provide advice in all languages, and to support them in case of medical or security emergency. Anytime, anywhere, the employees can call an assistance center for medical questions (Solvay Membership number: 23AYCA384469).
At Site level
As the Site physicians play a major role in the preparation and advising of frequent travellers and future expatriates, HSE OH corp. has published two documents which are primarily intended for them :
1. “Medical surveillance recommended for travellers and expatriates” : this guide provides the best practices (protocols) for conducting appropriate medical check-ups in order to prevent health issues related to business travels or expatriations.
Solvay considers travelling frequently (at least 3 travels/month or > 25% of time away from home) is a potential factor of risk that needs to be taken into account, and recommends to undergo a yearly medical visit.
Pre-travel visit is more than controlling the vaccination status, it includes advice adapted to the individual traveller’s health situation and counselling on safe behaviors in foreign countries.
2. “Medical management of expatriates” : this procedure describes the organization of the recommended health formalities for future assignees in the framework of the global expatriation process managed by HR-International Mobility (HR-IMY).
The procedure concerns also employees missioned during periods longer than 3 months.
The annexes of this procedure consist in a summary of recommendations for the check-up of the accompanying family as well as the Assignee Medical Sheet (AMS) which is a form that must be filled by the physician having examined the employee and returned to both the Regional medical coordinator and HR International Mobility coordinator.
As required by many local regulations, translations of these two types of documents are available, also in order to help local physicians to understand their content and what they must fill in the English (official) version.
