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The following article was published in our article directory on December 28, 2011.
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Addressing Health and Safety in the Workplace

Article Category: Business

Author Name: chickie maxwell

Human resource management assumes the responsibility of maintaining a healthy and safe working environment, among others. As required by law, employees have the right to work in a healthy and safe environment. Human resource managers ensure that their employees' rights are recognized by addressing health and safety issues, while at the same time taking the needs of the entire organization into consideration. In addition, work health and safety issues might have ethical and legal consequences. Hence, it is essential to formulate policies and procedures that help keep such problems at bay in organizations.

Chronic health issues have the potential of impairing not only a person's capability to pursue productive endeavors, but an organization's capacity to meet its goals, as well. For example, an employee who has been suffering from a debilitating illness would eventually become incapable of performing his or her duties and responsibilities. As a result, the operation of an organization could be impaired, especially if that particular employee holds a crucial responsibility. Worse, if such medical condition will endanger other employees in the workplace by spreading the infection or causing anxiety, the repercussions could be disastrous.

In order to handle issues brought about by chronic medical conditions, human resource management needs to formulate internal policies and procedures which aim to help employees concerned and provide protection as stipulated by law. For example, some medical conditions can result to physical impairment of an employee, which makes them eligible for protection afforded by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Another leading health concern in the workplace is the implementation of a smoke-free work environment. Smoking-related diseases kill around half a million Americans every year. Thus, human resource managers should properly communicate the negative effects of smoking and the benefits of a smoke-free workplace to every employee. Aside from the benefit of breathing cleaner air, employees can also significantly reduce their health care costs . A smoke-free working environment can help during negotiations for lowering insurance coverage costs.

Through the years, effective human resource management has been instrumental in creating a safe and healthy working environment for many organizations. So far, there are two successful approaches: workplace safety programs and wellness programs. Workplace safety programs aim to promote, create, and maintain a safe working environment, as well as determine potential safety hazards, and educate employees on the importance of preventing illness, accidents, and injury. As health care costs have risen significantly during the past 20 years, organizations shifted their focus from providing competitive health coverage to instituting preventive wellness programs which aim to help employees attain enhanced self-esteem, increased productivity, and a stable state of mind.

Human resource management initiatives on health and safety should not only focus on preventing illness or accidents but also seek to rehabilitate employees who have succumbed to work-related illness or injury. Management should also consider providing incentives for healthy and safe behavior. Most importantly, the employees themselves should be made a part of the development and implementation of health and safety initiatives.

Keywords: human resource management

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