...Discuss how the elements of a good Health, Safety, and Wellness Program might relate to workforce productivity. Are there any studies relating to this topic, and what do they show? Be sure to cite where appropriate (APA). Health, safety and wellness programs are essential to any workplace regardless of the organization type. These health and wellness programs should be integrated into the overall strategic plan of the organization. In addition, these programs baseline should be based on health and safety legislation as well as other workplace policies. When designing a health and wellness program at work there are key elements that need to be decided in order to make the program effective. The first is to have a clear objective of what results you are hoping to achieve from the implementation of this program. Once the objective is determined the organization should decide if all employees are eligible to participate or only a segmented population. Lastly, all organizations should decide what the tone of the program should be before rolling it out (i.e. fun, informative etc…). There are many examples of health, safety and wellness programs and these programs are all designed to support traditional health programs. These programs will often initiatives such as eating better, exercising, managing risk factors and treating diseases. Insurance companies will back these programs because in some cases it can lead to reduced medicals claims that in turn will reduce the cost of insurance...
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...right, not smoking, and filling out a health risk questionnaire” a sterling example of a positive, effective corporate wellness program. They conducted their own health surveys across 18,000 people, which revealed a tendency in high blood sugar, obesity, and high blood pressure. After this survey, they focused on prevention which included “not only the aforementioned financial incentive but easy access to health assessments, personalized consulting for nutrition and fitness programs, spending $25 million to ensure a healthier work and life balance” (12 Companies With Seriously Impressive Corporate Wellness Programs). International Business Machines Corporation has a well-being management system which “is a global, centralized system that links the company's occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, safety, wellness and health benefits, strategic initiatives and programs to IBM’s strategies covering manufacturing, research and development, sales and services worldwide” (Employee Well-being). I believe the company is doing a great job incorporating employees well being in every aspect of their business with their well being management system. They also have programs that not only benefit their employees but their families too. Overall I believe that IBM has a successful wellness program and that it does not need to improve upon in any of the areas of employee health and safety. They just need to frequently review their company’s wellness program for efficiency and productivity...
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...MEMORANDUM DATE: November 29, 2010 TO: James Martin, Director of Human Resources FROM: Name, Assistant Director of Human Resources SUBJECT: Wellness Program Recommendations for Technicraft, Inc. Attached is the report on the implementation of corporate wellness programs. Due to rising health benefit costs and a rising number of health benefit claims, you requested that I investigate the implementation of corporate wellness programs as a way to reduce company costs. In order to determine whether it would be possible to improve employee health and lifestyle habits, while also cutting company costs, I analyzed the results that several companies had after launching their own wellness programs. I also considered and researched the potential disadvantages of implementing a wellness program. After a thorough investigation of all of these factors, I recommend that Technicraft, Inc. implement a corporate wellness program in order to improve employee health and productivity and reduce or stabilize company health benefit costs. I have enjoyed researching this topic and would like to meet with you to discuss my recommendation. I will call you early next week in order to schedule a meeting time or you may contact me at extension 5555. WELLNESS PROGRAM RECCOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICRAFT, INC. Prepared for James Martin, Director of Human Resources Technicraft, Inc. 4501 West 92nd Street Indianapolis, IN 46260 Prepared by Name, Assistant Director of Human...
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...creativity and it was voted as one of the best place to work at by the employees in Glassdoor website, with a rating of four stars. New Era Cap is committed to employee development and has Individual Development program tailored to needs of an individual. Health and safety of employee is a prime concern for New Era Cap and hence actively involves employees in health and safety committees and decision-making processes that positively influenced their work environment. They are re-accredited in 2010 for Fair Labor Association (FLA), which represents the highest the highest level of commitment to the standards for workplace code of conduct implementation, monitoring and remediation. Questions http://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-New-Era-Cap-EI_IE27773.11,22.htm * believes culture of innovation that champions creative and critical thinking. * Committed to invest in the employee development with Indviudal development program * HEALTH & WELLNESS * • Blue Cross Medical Insurance Plan * • 24/7 Health Advocate Service * • Met Life Dental Plan * • VSP Vision Plan * • Flexible Spending Accounts * • Health Savings Accounts * • Worksite Wellness Programs * • Employee Assistance Program * * RETIREMENT * • 401k Savings Plan with The Principal Financial Group * • New Era Employer Matching Contribution to 401k Plan * * WORK – LIFE – FAMILY * • Paid Time...
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...THE BEST ANALYSIS FOR SAFETY PROGRAMS IN THE WORKPLACE The activities aimed at safety at work are regarded as an investment made in the field of human resources. These activities give rise to costs for the company. The advantages and disadvantages of various types of analysis of costs and benefits are determined by the expectations of the management. This status report considers three different economic analyses. A working hypothesis determines which one of the methods is the most feasible and appropriate in attempting to explain the advantages and disadvantages of a particular safety program. Finally, a conclusion reveals the steps that are yet to be taken, the final recommendation and presentation deadlines. PROBLEM STATEMENT Apart from the ethical/moral reasons, underlying the desire to protect the health and human life, and from the obligations arising from the law of rules and regulations, economics play an increasingly important role in choosing a safety plan. Safety is increasingly being considered as an investment made in human resources (Zangmeister & Nolting, 1996). It is essential to evaluate such investment in terms of return, and based on this criteria a particular safety project is chosen rather than another one. The objective is the evaluation of measures aimed at quantifying the strengths and weaknesses of different safety plans. ALTERNATIVE...
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...Introduction to Health & Safety (H & S): Health & Safety in the workplace first became a concern in the early 19th Century when the UK’s Factories Act appointed just four inspectors to regulate safety in more than 3000 child textile factories. Healthy and safe workplaces are fundamental to achieving productive work and high quality working lives. Nowadays many companies are committed to providing a safe workplace for its employees and improving their health through better diets, work practices and lifestyles. A Health and Safety Management system is a complete process of hazard identification, risk assessment and control, employee training, record keeping, program assessment and management involvement throughout, designed to effectively manage and ensure continued employee health and safety in the workplace. Safety and health management system can be important for moral, legal, and financial reasons. All organizations have a duty of care to ensure that employees and any other person who may be affected by the companies undertaking remain safe at all times Relevance of the topic in HRM Occupational Health and Safety has become a highly specialized area with important legal responsibilities and implications. The function is not always part of the human resource management role, but is intricately related to human resource functions, and particularly to the area of risk management. The areas of employee health and wellness and employee assistance programs are newer...
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...COMMUNICATION 1 Safety Promotion To ensure the highest degree of safety: Design safety into: Tools ) in which people Machines ) interact at the Technologies ) workplace Risk: Can never be eliminated, merely reduced to an acceptable level 2 1 2/16/2012 Safety Promotion Purpose: To keep employees focused on doing their work the safe way, every day How to begin safety process? Safety policy Safety rules & regulations Employee participation Safety training Suggestion programs Visual awareness 3 Safety committees Gaining a personal commitment Employee/management participation Incentives Competition Company-sponsored wellness program Teamwork approach Safety Policy Begins with a published safety policy Short and simple policy The Safety Policy: Makes it clear that safe work practices are expected of all employees at all levels Serves as the foundation upon which all other safety promotional efforts are based upon 4 2 2/16/2012 Safety Policy Expresses a company’s commitment to safety The policy should convey: That the company is committed to safety Employees are expected to perform their duties in a safe and healthy manner The company’s commitment extends beyond the walls of its plant to include customers and the community 5 Promoting Safety By Example “Do as I say, not as I do” approach - will it work??? The credibility with employees will be determined by the example set by management Set a positive example Management allowing safety shortcuts: Undermines...
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...Outline Employment Health and Safety in Lebanon Group: Maya Shakaron-Deema Fakher- Ibrahim Ramadan * Introduction: -Health and safety is all about preventing people from being harmed by work or becoming ill by taking the right precautions. -Health and safety laws are found because health and safety at work is so important. -The law is there to protect the public from workplace dangers. - Employers are ethically required to provide a safe and healthy workplace for their employees. -Ethics instruct the individuals and organization as to what they should do. * Body: - Health is the state of well-being in which all components of health are in balance. -Components of health: 1. Physical: refers to the way your body functions. 2. Social: the quality of your relationships with friends, family, and others. 3. Environmental: keeping your air and water clean, your food safe, and the land around you enjoyable. 4. Emotional: expressing your emotions in a positive nondestructive way. 5. Spiritual: maintaining harmonious relationships with other living things and having spiritual direction and purpose. 6. Intellectual/ mental: the ability to recognize reality and cope with the demands of daily life. -Wellness is the achievement of a person’s best in all six components of health. -Factors affecting your health: 1. Heredity 2. Environment 3. Peers 4. Culture 5. Media 6. Technology 7. Attitude 8. Behavior -Food safety is an increasingly...
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...Erin Dreyer, Carley Pearson, Devon Fulton BuAd 248: Occupational Health and Safety Cathy Fitzgerald November 27th, 2015 BuAd 248: Occupational Health and Safety Cathy Fitzgerald November 27th, 2015 Executive Summary https://www.interiorhealth.ca/AboutUs/BusinessCentre/Construction/Documents/Staff%20Safety%20Guidelines%20for%20Healthcare%20Facility%20Design%20Projects.pdf designed to produce an environment of care that is safe and secure for all occupants (patients, staff, and visitors). The planning and design of the facility shall include provisions for achieving the following objectives related to the safety and security of patients, staff, and visitors: * All current provincial and national ergonomic, violence prevention and occupational safety regulatory standards are followed * The built environment promotes wellness to all those within it including staff * The built environment does not contribute to physical, psychological and emotional risks to patients, visitors or staff. * The built environment provides security from criminal activity such as personal assault or theft of property Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 4 Literature Review 5 Methodology 6 \ 7 Findings and Discussion 8 Definition of Problem 9 Analysis of Causes 9 Under Staffed 9 Patients 10 Develop, Evaluate and Select Alternative (s) 11 ALT 1: To hire more Health Care Workers ( volunteers, care aids, LPN’s, RN’s) 11 Quantitative...
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...Theoretical Foundations: Health Health is defined as the general state of physical, mental, and emotional of a well-being. A healthy person is free from illness, injury, or mental and emotional problems that impair normal human activity. Health thus, entail the both the scientific and art perspectives of preventing diseases, prolonging life, promoting physical and mental health, sanitation and personal hygiene, control of infections and organization of health services (Lucas, 2006). Physical Health Physical Health is defined as the overall condition of a living organism at a given time. It encompasses the soundness of the body, freedom from disease, sickness or abnormality and the condition of optimal well-being. Physical state of health is deemed to be sound when the body is functioning as it is designed to function. Potential Threats to Physical Health in Workplace: Disease, Sickness and Abnormality Germs, bacteria, molds, and viruses may invade parts of humans’ bodies, attempting to infiltrate and use the body as a home or source of food. The consequences may not limited to merely cell destruction but more direly it involves expel of poisons and toxins that damage the body system. Cleanliness is one of the defense mechanism against disease. Withal to that, the body creates internal defenses against specific bacteria and viruses. Poison Ingesting the wrong material can poison a person. At times, poisons are subtle parts of the environment, for example toxic gas in...
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...resolved. The impact of conflict in the workplace can be devastating - to the parties involved, to colleagues and teams, to clients, and to the business as a whole. Some of the results of unresolved conflict in the workplace include: * Stress, frustration, and anxiety * Loss of sleep * Strained relationships * Grievances and litigation * Presenteeism * Employee turnover * Loss of productivity * Increased client complaints * Absenteeism * Sabotage * Injury and accidents * Disability claims * Sick leave These symptoms of unresolved conflict are a significant cost factor in organizations. Take a look at some of the facts and figures below. How much is conflict costing your organization? Mental Health / Stress "Unresolved conflict represents the largest reducible cost in many businesses, yet it remains largely unrecognized." (Dana, Daniel (1999). Measuring the Financial Cost of Organizational Conflict. MTI Publications and Slaikev, K. and Hasson, R. (1998). Controlling the Cost of Conflict. Jossey-Bass) "Employees in high pressure/low control situations or high effort/low reward situations have much greater risks to their physical and mental well being. (Tangri, Ravi, Stress Costs - Stress Cures: How to recover productivity lost to stress, 2003.) "The number of...
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...Secure, Safe and Well Kept Campus. Physical wellness, safety concerns and proper organization in buildings and its environment especially in campuses constitutes fundamental considerations in the checklist among students waiting to join higher learning institutions. A manager or a university administrator’s role in relation to health and safety is to tighten its health policies and precautionary concerns for its students, teachers, and even visitors. Among the health safety measures include emergency services, emergency response team and student health center. The security and safety measures include inspections, security policing, emergency response mechanisms including health and safety precautions. According to Weber and Hein 2011, a high grade in health and safety, means that students generally feel safe. Campus police are visible, blue-light phones, and escort services available, and safety precautions are not overly necessary. The following is a deeper exploration of this measures both in the school buildings and its general environment. Health and safety concerns should be not only proactive but also reactive; include preventive measures and immediate response measures. Safety campus, which is a communication service using e-mail and text messages accessible to all students in Muhlenberg, facilitates the transmission of information about occurrences within and beyond campus (Weber and Hein 2011). The college dispensary or health center is the most important response center...
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...ABOUT NESTLE Nestlé is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey , Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world measured by revenues. Nestlé’s products include baby food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Twenty-nine of Nestlé’s brands have annual sales of over about US$1.1 billion including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer’s, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 194 countries, and employs around 333,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics company. Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1866 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé. The company grew significantly during the First World War and again following the Second World War, expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. The company has made a number of corporate acquisitions, including Crosse & Blackwell in 1950, Findus in 1963, Libby's in 1971, Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, and Gerber in 2007. Nestlé has 8,000 brands, with a wide range of products across a number of markets, including coffee, bottled water, milkshakes and other beverages, breakfast cereals, infant foods, performance and healthcare nutrition, seasonings, soups and sauces, frozen...
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...EMPLOYEE | Name: _______________ Start Date: __________ | INFORMATION | Position: __________ Manager: _______________ | | | FIRST DAY | 1. [ ] New Employee Handbook | (Human Resources) | 2. [ ] Assign "buddy" employee(s) to assist with general questions. | | | POLICIES | 3. [ ] Review key policies. | (Human Resources) | Anti-harassment Vacation and Sick Leave FMLA/Leaves of Absence Holidays Time and leave reporting Overtime Performance reviews Dress code | Personal conduct standards Progressive disciplinary actions Security Confidentiality Safety Emergency procedures Visitors E-mail and Internet usage | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES | 4. [ ] Review general administrative procedures. | (Human Resources) | Office/desk/work station Keys Mail (Incoming and Outgoing) Shipping (FedEx, Airborne and UPS) Business cards Purchase requests | Telephones Building access cards Conference rooms Picture ID badges Expense reports Office supplies | INTRODUCTIONS AND TOURS (Facilities) | 5. [ ] Give introductions to department staff and key personnel during tour. 6. [ ] Tour of facility, including: | | Rest rooms Mail rooms Copy centers Fax machines Bulletin board Parking | Printers Office supplies Kitchen Coffee/vending machines Water coolers Emergency exits | POSITION INFORMATION (Manager) | 7. [ ] Introductions to team and department staff. 8. [ ] Review initial job assignments...
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...WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION MATRICULATION NO : 811029015900002 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 811029-01-5900 TELEPHONE NO. : 012-7410614 E-MAIL : cute_pirate81@yahoo.com LEARNING CENTRE : IPTHO / OUM BATU PAHAT REPORT ON THE PROBLEMS TO THE HEALTH AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVED SAFETY STANDARD OF AM CONSTRUCTION & HARDWARE SDN BHD Prepared for Hamzah bin Kahar ( Managing Director ) AM Construction & Hardware Sdn Bhd 28-30 , Jalan Pt Jalil 83000 Batu Pahat , Johor By Suhaily bt Heait ( Occupational Health Director ) AM Construction & Hardware Sdn bhd 28-30 , Jalan Pt Jalil 83000 Batu Pahat , Johor 16th October 2012 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL The Managing Director , AM Construction & Hardware Sdn Bhd , 28-30 , Jalan Pt Jalil , 83000 Batu Pahat , Johor . Dear Mr Hamzah bin Kahar , Enclosed is the report you requested in September on the problems related to the health and safety standards in AM Construction & Hardware Sdn Bhd . After the recent tour of the company , it was discovered that the operators were blatantly ignoring the safety standards of the company . The problems are stated as follow : 1. Manual handling of hand tools 2. Sharp objects and rubbish: syringes, broken glass and rusty metal 3. tripping or slipping. 4. Violation of rules / Improper working behavior . I have identified the solutions...
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