In promoting workplace health and safety, the management must take into consideration other factors aside from the equipments and machines present in the office. Risk assessment does not only compose of physical factors, attitudes must also be taken into consideration especially between employees and managers.
Incident investigations involving labor disputes aren’t common. If you’re a manager and would like to avoid them, here’s how:
1. Give your employees the proper tools to get their jobs done right.
2. Don’t give messages that are conflicting or vague, including facial expressions. Always be precise and clear in what you want to tell them.
3. Meet regularly with representatives of employee unions. This means you are not neglecting them and it reminds them that you are with them and not against them.
4. Learn to delegate things properly and let your employees do the job. No one likes to work with someone hovering over their shoulders every minute to check on things.
5. Always play fair.
Incident management systems have already considered labor disputes as a risk to workplace health and safety. By following the steps provided above together with the standard safety training, your company will be one happy place.

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