INTRODUCTION The OH&S matters at the workplace, has to be defined as an essential component and as an obligation in regard of the laws and regulations, when running a business activity. The risk is inherent to humans and every kind of human business deals with risks. More precisely, the risk is the combination of the probability and the consequences of a specify danger to occur, something the retail industry over looked. In regards of the Work Health and Safety Legislation 2012 (Work Cover Authority 2012), which aims to prevent injuries and illness to people at work, a manager of a retail store, must involve its employees in health and safety matters and encourage employee’s associations to promote workplace health and safety, and protect the public from injury or illness arising from workplaces. Has an employer the WH&S define its duties as, to ensure the safety and well-being of its employees and all kind of third persons in the workplace. I / Manager' Duties In OH&S Matters According to the Work Health and Safety Legislation 2012 (Work Cover Authority 2012), a manager have to comply with the notion of duty of care. These duties can be defined around five major points, as follows: • Provide a safe place of work for the staff The work environment like the front of house areas accessible for both customers and employees and the back of house (work facilities) must be free of hazards and risks to the health and safety of the staff and the customers. • Provide a safe system of work for the staff The employer have to consider their hazard and risks' exposure when the employees are doing their job, and to provide them the best procedures to avoid or reduce the impact of these hazard and risks on their health and safety. • Prov... ... middle of paper ... ... effectively realised by the employees, it demand to the managerial functions to focus on a new knowledge of the work, to spot the defects of the organisation (management of the unforeseen). The adaptation of the organisation in the risks prevention requires new skills for the work tasks, adaptation of the equipment or training for the workers. CONCLUSION The risk management as a component of the workplace organisation is a duty of the employer. Avoiding or reducing the risk, need to go through a process of analysis to determinate the right path to integrate it as a driver of the management about health and safety issues for their workforce. It is a question before any setting up a working environment guaranteeing the well-being, the health and the security of the employees and to create a workplace favourable to the development of the performance of the business.
This Act of Parliament is the core part of UK health and safety law. It places a responsibility on all bosses and managers to make sure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and well-being at work of all their staff and workers.
The safety and health of people is core to every aspect of business. People return home safe and well at the end of day and enabling them to end their working life fit and healthy are central to everything industry do.
Section 8 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act (2005) puts the onus on the employer to ensure systems of work that are planned, organised, performed, maintained and revised as appropriate so as to be, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risk to health. Section 19 of the Act requires the employer to conduct a risk assessment of work activities and Schedule 3 of the Act provides the general principles of prevention to ensure the safety of employees in the workplace.
Occupational health and safety (OHS) laws require employers and all other workplace parties to consult and cooperate in the management of workplace risks, in order to protect the health and safety of workers and others who might be at risk from the work.
Victorian Work Cover Authority is used to improve occupational health and safety practices within workplaces, by monitoring and developing new procedures to reduce risks to employees.
To protect and secure the health, safety and welfare of workers or others in the workplace from exposure to hazards, risks and harms through the work activities and improve the health and safety outcomes.
The health and safety of employees in the workplace is protected by legislation provided under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HASAWA) and its applicable regulations.
The workplace (health, safety and welfare) regulations are a set of requirements that the government set to increase the safety of all the workshops. The main key regulations impose requirements with respect to:
As a matter of fact, statistics about casual factors of accidents and incidents in complex work places absolutely show the human contribution not as a lack of skill, but as miscommunication, inattention, physical and mental work load, poor situation awareness, bad decision making, ineffective action planning, inability to deal with stress, emotional load, and organizational dysfunctions (Reason, 1990; Dekker, 2005). All these elements have generically been classified as “human error” and could be due to lack of organizational well being. They contend that project risk management should start from these issues in order to assure safety for the workers and employers. More specifically, they think that all safety oriented project should take into account the cultural and organizational environment in which it is supposed to be
There are many types of health and safety management system. Health and Safety management is defined as a framework or system that help reduce occupational risks and it is a part of overall system of occupational health and safety management that facilitates risks in the workplace (BSI, 1999) Health and Safety management regulations enforced in 1999 named The Management of Health and Safety and Work Regulations. There are various steps to achieve effective Health and Safety management depends on the nature of organisations, whether it is a big, medium or small company, type of activities relating to the type of risks. According to HSG65 (2013), the keys of effective health and safety management are management and leadership, skilled or well-trained workforce and trusted/involved people in the working environment depends on how the organisation understands their profile of risks (HSG65, 2013). The type of management system approach model according to HSG65 (2013) is ‘Plan, Do, Check, Act’. These 4 are done in order to accomplish balance between management system and behavioural aspect. This is how Health and Safety management system model looks like:
Although it is legally enforced for the manufacturing business to make sure the working environment is safe and healthy for employees, it is also an ethical issues that organizations must address. The ethical aspect of providing safety for employees show that the organization cares about it 's employees and their wellbeing. Another ethical practice that the company wants to address properly is the act of obtaining
You have a responsibility for the health and safety of your employees whilst they are working for you. This is set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and other legislation. However, employees do also have a responsibility for their own health and safety whilst at work.
Ensuring the health and safety of employees is of primary importance to the Organization. Organization is committed to maintaining safe facilities, sponsoring appropriate training programs, and providing necessary safety equipment. In addition, Administration and staff shall cooperatively develop appropriate procedures and regulations for ensuring employees' health and safety, with special emphasis on the handling of potentially hazardous equipment or substances and for investigating and reporting any accidents and mishaps. All newly employed staff shall be required to comply with the physical examination. Every employee must provide annually, at a minimum, an updated health history of current health problems.
As for employees, it is essential for them to work together and cooperate with one another to prevent any accidents from occurring and to not carry out any actions that may be reckless and bring harm to their fellow colleagues. They are ultimately responsible for the safety of their colleagues and themselves. Failing to do so will not only cause mishaps but it may also result in parties being convicted for breaching this act.
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