logo

Workplace Health and Wellbeing Assignment

   

Added on  2020-04-15

12 Pages2759 Words368 Views
Running head: WORKPLACE HEALTH AND WELLBEINGWORKPLACE HEALTH AND WELLBEINGName of the StudentName of the universityAuthor’s note

1WORKPLACE HEALTH AND WELLBEINGWORKPLACE HEALTH AND WELLBEINGIntroductionOrganizational health and safety is one of the important responsibilities of all the workers.Workplaces are associated with several injuries and deaths. Hence the accidents related to theworkplaces cannot be overlooked. In order to manage or mitigating the rate of the sentinel events at a workplace it isnecessary to establish and maintain an occupational health and safety hazards at the workplace.As per the law established by the government, the managers and the supervisors plays animportant role in looking after the safety of the employees. Failing to meet up to the standards ofthe occupational safety standard can bring about penalties and in some serious cases, evenimprisonment Lottrup et al. (2013). Under the law, the maintenance of the workplace safety and health hazards should bedone at a priority basis (Hse.gov.uk, 2017). This paper aims to focus on the different policies andprocedures taken up my organization, for the health and the safety of the employees, such asmitigating the stress related injuries or other work related adverse events. The report will besupported by a rich source of articles and books.Safety legislation for workplace health and safetyThe state and the federal occupational health and safety act have proposed a frameworkfor the employees and the employers to achieve the workable situation (Hse.gov.uk, 2017).

2WORKPLACE HEALTH AND WELLBEINGThe key components of the legislation are-Protection to each of the employeesNo right to endanger the life of the workers.Penalties for the defaulters, violating the norms. According to Lottrup et al. (2013), legislation mainly emphasizes on the outcomes that thenorms will bring about in the patients rather than simply implementing laws. There areprovisions of in spot fines and penalties for not following the rules and the norms regarding thesafety of the employees. Some of the essential policy areas regarding workplace safety are related to first aid,hazardous substances, training to the employees, manual handling, reporting of accidents,diseases and injuries, fire and emergency evacuation (Kniesner and Leeth, 2012). Stress relatedinjuries are one of the problems related to work place that can hamper the productivity of anorganization as well as it hamper the workforce. A bit of stress stays an employee to stay focusedand energetic or alert. Tight deadlines and long hours can make an employee feel drained. TheHSE has identified seven categories for work related stress. Culture issues, poor communicationamong the employees, long hours are one of the driving factors of stress. Others can be identifiedas work overload, poor physical environment (Hse.gov.uk, 2017).How can stress among the workers harm an organization?The company that has been taken into account in this paper is a construction company where theworkers are subjected to extreme heat and stress. There can be many unwanted mishaps that canhamper the workforce of the company.

3WORKPLACE HEALTH AND WELLBEINGStress related injuries may harm an organization in many ways such as increased level ofabsenteeism, Increased recruitment costs, low staff morale, less staff commitment, badrelationship with the clients and possible compensation of the claims (Stocks et al.2013). Underthe heath and the safety act 1974, the organization of the UK is bound to maintain some of thestrategies that would be helpful for the employees to cope up with the stress at workplace(Hse.gov.uk, 2017). according to the policy the stakeholders who will be engaged for alleviatingthe work related stress are the infection control staffs, occupational health advisors, clinical riskassessors, health and safety advisors, human resource representatives and the managementrepresentatives. These are some of the common factors that are having lead to the loss inproductivity of the concerned construction company.Figure 1: Percentage of loss of working hours due to ill health (Hse.gov.uk, 2017)

End of preview

Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.

Related Documents
Occupational Health and Safety
|17
|4011
|223

Proactive Health, Safety and wellbeing Management
|14
|3992
|498

Health Safety and Wellbeing in Health and Social Care Settings
|11
|3045
|302

(PDF) Health security as a public health concept
|10
|2753
|41

PSYC 2144 - Industrial Organizational Psychology
|7
|1138
|69

Workplace Safety and Health Laws: Regulations and Responsibilities
|11
|3092
|192