to discipline by offering an incentive to set reachable goals, which will keep productivity up, and keep absenteeism, employee deviance, and inefficiency to a minimum. Furthermore, implementing a non-punitive strategy, such as Just Culture, to the safety oriented work centers will encourage the safest work environment while saving discipline for reckless individuals. Finally, since many of these programs may go hand in hand, finding…
inspectors should be trained to handle animals and specifically aggressive animals (Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974). In 2015/2016 there was 23 deaths caused by animals in the animal industry (HSE.gov, 2016). This will ensure that all employees are safe whilst undergoing everyday duties as a large part of their job entails entering people’s homes and encountering animals in a variety of situations (Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 s2(1)). In 2015/2016 there was 23 deaths caused by…
This research paper will focus on workplace health and safety and why it is important to promote and adopt the health and safety practices in businesses and companies. The paper also discusses the reasons health and safety practices should be promoted by organizations and business, and the effects of ignoring them. Health and safety procedures in the workplace are necessary for the safety of both the employees and the managers or CEOs. Workplace violence is a constant concern for…
indicated in the Safety Data Sheet (SDS). 2.) The supervisor or any other employee that identifies hazards associated with specific tasks and/or 3.) As required by the FSH 6709.11 Safety and Health Handbook, Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations, or any other…
Metro-North Duty to Protect its Employees The end of 1970 the identification of asbestos on a person’s health was confirmed by the OSH Act (Markowitz, & Rosner, 2016). Companies, as well as building owners, are required to understand any building structure erected before the 1980’s (Hetzner, Heid, & Gruber, 2015). The owner of a commercial building should notify any business renting their building that there is an asbestos risk or if the building tested positive for asbestos. On the…
REVIEW OF LITERATURE K. Tamizharasi and Dr. Uma Rani (2014)1, in their article titled “Work stress and job performance evaluation of BPO employees” have analyzed the stress factors in BPO sector. Data were collected through a questionnaire addressing on the issues, such as salary, Job task, work environment, colleagues, late night shift and workload. The findings revealed that a majority of 195 employees agreed that late night shift is the main source of their stress. It also identified that…
Stress at work Work stress is a common terminology across the world due to the recognition that it poses a great risk to the workers’ health and to organizations performance. This is because stressed employees are poorly motivated, less productive, unhealthy, and likely to cause accidents and injuries at the workplace. Consequently, an organization whose workforce is constantly stressed shows poor performance in the competitive environment. () defines work stress as “the response people may…
Captain Bruemmer is assigned responsibility for the ship and her crew 24/7 when assigned to a ship. He is expected to meet all operatoinal commitments, changes to those commitments, Unit SITREPS, Medical UNFITS, training, TWIC/CAC card maintenance, physicals, attend meetings (mission, operational, grievance processing, EEO complaint processing, etc.) on and off the ship at all hours of the day, etc. All the while, he is still responsible for performing his official duties of Master; and in this…
the quality of something by comparing it with something else of an accepted standard (Cambridge University Press, 2016). The Benchmarking network, the in-house benchmarking service of the NHS, it exists to identify and share good practice across the health and social care sector. The delivery of good outcomes and excellent patient experience is part of the roles of the network in sharing in sharing best practice across the all healthcare services, example is the Francis Inquiry into…
We adhere to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which states, “We shall furnish to each employee safe and healthful working conditions which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees” (Dessler, 2013, p. 274). Coco’s also abides by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards including the maintenance of records of and report of occupational…