One of the most crucial aspects of any thriving workplace is the health and wellbeing of employees. A focus on employee health can result in significantly enhanced employee engagement and productivity. But it also creates a positive safety culture and atmosphere for all employees. So how do you achieve it? How can you provide your workers with the right tools for their own mental health toolkit?
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and MIT Sloan School of Management researchers recently released an innovative and forward-thinking framework. The basis is amending workplace environments to ease burdens experienced by staff and to support employee health and wellbeing.
This framework is known as the “Work Design for Health.” It includes a toolbox and website to assist in educating and guiding employers to identify potential areas for improvement within their own businesses.
Read on to learn more about this framework and how your organisation could improve.
The world’s first internationally recognised standard in Occupational Health and Safety Management! The new ISO standard 45003 has been released with one aim. Protecting employee’s psychological health in the workplace.
This new standard strongly complements ISO 45001 to ensure a strong, healthy and happy workforce within an organisation. The Project Leader of the ISO Technical Committee, Norma McCormick said:
“despite the impact that Covid and Covid related stressors have on workplaces, there are many things that can be done to build the resilience of staff and promote a strong organisational culture.”
The impacts of Covid notwithstanding, the importance of maintaining and improving employees psychological wellbeing has been coming to the attention of organisations across the globe. This new standard is yet another tool to boost awareness of the need to make that critical investment into your worker’s safety, both physical and psychological.
The buddy system works by pairing employees together, providing mutual support and safety. This partnership can prove valuable, particularly during high-risk tasks or shifts. The buddy has proven its worth over decades. However, is it the most efficient and effective way to ensure employee safety?
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