Promoting Safety and Health (Chapter 12)

Overview of what we discuss in Chapter 12.

 

Last week in 'Managing Human Side of Technology', we discussed several important questions regarding Safety and Health of employee at workplace. One of the critical question is, do the employer really care about the employee Safety and Health if it involves a big amount of spending?

 

In my own opinion, the employers care about their employees' safety and health at workplace, however another question come up for us to ponder upon, how many % of the employee at the workplace know their right? The rules and regulation are there, but the employee doesn't really know about it.

In most cases, at a dangerous workplace e.g; laboratory, employer already provide the safety equipment to employee, and the guidelines to follow. It becomes a big problem, when the employee take things for granted in this safety and health at workplace. Employees don't really take it seriously about their safety.

From the health perspective, stress at workplace is a big issue in many organization. Several tips to reduce stress in organization :

1. Build rewarding relationships with coworkers.
2. Talk openly with managers or employees about job or personal concerns.
3. Prepare for the future by keeping abreast of likely changes in job demands.
4. Do not greatly exceed your skills and abilities.
5. Set realistic deadlines; negotiate reasonable deadlines with managers.
6. Act now on problems or concerns of importance.
7. Designate dedicated work periods during which time interruptions are avoided.
8. When feeling stressed, find time for detachment or relaxation.
9. Do not let trivial items take on importance; handle them quickly or assign them to others
10. Take short breaks from your work area as a change of pace.

So, what we can learn from this short  discussion? If we are the employer, it is our responsibility to make sure we provide all the necessary thing to avoid any mishap in the workplace, employee is the most valuable asset. If we are the employee, we must take proactive measure to equip ourselves, so that we know our rights and exercise the correct action when it comes to ensure safety and health at workplace.

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