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Health, Safety for Wellbeing
What is health and safety and why is it important?
Health and safety are measures employers must take protect the mental and physical wellbeing of workers and non-workers. The Health and Safety at Work Act protects employees, customers, and visitors in your premises. Ideally, employers aim to eliminate or significantly prevent accidents happening in the workplace.
''It is of great relevance for HR professionals to always have an in-depth understanding of how safe their workplaces are for guaranteed employee health. Most of HR professionals have aligned themselves along the normal traditional manpower management activities such as leave management, performance management, recruitment, training and development and forgot about the relevance of Occupational Health and Safety to the employment relationship''. (Martin, 2018)
Another meaning of health & safety are many rules & procedures to be followed work place & other public areas. If not followed those rules & regulations, the peoples are in really unsafe area. This is very serious. The organizations Human resources teams are strictly followed those rules & it’s their part of responsibility.
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Health and Safety at work Act 1974,
The duties employers have for the employees and general public.
The duties employers have towards themselves and others.
The duties that some self-employed people have toward themselves and others.
The full Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is free to read on legislation.gov.uk.
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga
what are the process of Health & safety ?
Example is - organization name is Next sourcing (Pvt) Ltd - Sri Lanka.
Next sourcing is largest garment export buying office located in our Motherland and more than 5000 workers are working in this organization. the next is strictly following health & Safety guidance to secure the all peoples & there are largest safety plan. the below having brief of steps which organization has following.
Vision - Our goal is to make Next a healthier and safer place for everyone – our people, customers, contractors and visitors.
The following are requirements in all areas of the business,
Ø . Organization
Ø Planning and Implementing
Ø Measuring Performance
Ø Reviewing Performance
Ø Managing Breaches of Health and Safety
Roles and Responsibilities
.Chief Executive - NEXT Group PLC
.Human Resources Director
.Board Members, Business Area and Managing Directors
.Business area and Company Health & Safety Meeting Members
.Line Managers,
Safety Training
• All our people must receive induction health & safety training before they commence work.
• All our people must receive on the job safety training and various proactive refresher-training courses as required by risk assessment and to a level which allows them to do their job safely. This training will be provided by the line manager through on the job training, and via various training programmers.
• Effective health & safety training must be provided to all appropriate staff before the implementation of new processes / equipment or procedures.
• The provision of effective health & safety training to our people and managers is the responsibility of line managers.
• Individuals’ training records must be kept for the period required by local laws and this must be auditable.
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As discussed in this article, it is very important to maintain a safe work environment. By keeping your employees safe and healthy, an organisation can prevent stress and absenteeism. It will also prevent risk of bad reputation and law suits. When employees are aware that their employer is concerned about their safety, their engagement levels will increase. Good article. All the Best!
ReplyDeletemany thanks for valuable comments Dilini.
DeleteWorkplace health and safety is all about managing risks in a way that protects both your employees and your company. Your article nicely explains the importance of the same. Good Luck.
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