11/09/2013 Unit 4 Health and Safety at work act 1974 This purpose of this act is to regulate the health‚ safety and welfare of individuals in the workplace. The act is enforced by the health and safety executive and local regulatory bodies. At Custom Care we have many policies and procedures that fall under the umbrella of Health and Safety these included- Company Health and safety Policy Accidents and incidents Chemicals (COSHH) Company Premises Display Screen COP (DSE) Policy on Eye
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Assignment 6.2 Employees as Internal Customers In recent years‚ m any employers and employees have been faced with a horrid economic downturn. Many employees have been laid-off‚ demoted and a slew of other horrible issues. Many employers let go of average employees and retained the high-performers. What seems to be the norm nowadays is to pinch every penny and never give more than what is necessary. This leads to employers devaluing their employees and making high performers feel inadequate and
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Though the safety of a person is primarily individual in nature‚ responsibility to maintain it lies not only to the environment he belongs to but also to his behavioural practice . Most of the accident occurs either due to hostile environment or due to unsafe action. By systematic approach‚ the environment can be made conducive. But the circle of safety will not be complete unless the behaviour of the participants are controlled or moulded. So‚ the behaviour of an individual and that of the team
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HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WORKPLACE Table of Contents TASK 1: 2 Reference Guide for Health and Social Care workplace: 2 Overview: 2 1.1 Reviews of systems‚ policies and procedures for communication: Health and Safety 2 1.2 Responsibilities in a specific health and social care: 4 1.2.1 Organizational Responsibilities: 4 1.2.2 Monitoring and evaluating process: 5 1.2.3 Inspecting the workplace: 5 1.2.4 Management Structure: 5 1.2.5 Representation: 6
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Santwani‚ Cinderella D. Dr. Eric Villamar BSA 11 -01 Management Assignment – Midterm August 15‚ 2013 EMPLOYEES RIGHTS AND BENEFITS The 1987 Philippine Constitution recognizes and guarantees the following rights of workers: 1. Self-organization‚ collective bargaining and negotiations‚ and peaceful concerted activities‚ including the right to strike in accordance with law 2. Security of tenure‚ humane conditions of work‚ and a living wage 3. Participation in policy and decision-making
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Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely. All settings must carry out risk assessments on a daily basis. These are supplemented with daily checks. In all cases these must be signed and dated‚ so that members of staff are made responsible and accountable for the safety of children‚ other staff and visitors to the setting. Health and safety 3.2 Health and safety general standards
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as "the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property"a traffic and not a criminal offense like road rage. Examples include speeding or driving too fast for conditions‚ improper lane changing‚ tailgating and improper passing. Approximately 6‚800‚000 crashes occur in the United States each year; a substantial number are estimated to be caused by aggressive driving
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How to Empower Employees In today’s marketplace it is more important than ever to implement employee empowerment policies in order to keep a competitive advantage. An empowered employee feels in control of their position‚ as well as a valued member of their organization. These employees have a sense of job enrichment which creates a more productive work environment for them‚ as well as their coworkers. Employee empowerment is a way to allot power in the company while raising productivity and creating
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Treat employees fairly There are concrete reasons managers should treat employees fairly. Arbitrators and the courts will consider the fairness of the employer’s disciplinary procedures when reviewing disciplinary decisions. Fairness also relates to wide range of positive employee outcomes. These include enhanced employee commitment and enhanced satisfaction with the organization‚ job‚ and the leader and more’ organizational citizenship behaviors’ ( the steps employees take to support their employers’
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Managing Emotional Employees Managers often feel that the employee emotional issues are their personal and they should be able to handle it themselves. This is the reason why most of them don’t interfere in the internal affairs of the employees who are under distress. But as a result of this emotional distress‚ the employees are able to focus less on their work and hence their productivity also decreases. The managers can act pro-actively in this case and help the employees deal with the emotional
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