The right type of health and safety practices

What are you doing in your work environment to promote proper health and safety for your staff? Every company needs to meet OSHA standards for certain things but they also need to take it a step further and to really watch out for all the people that are making their organization run in an effective manner. The benefits of implementing a proper health and safety program are phenomenal. Not only will your employees be happier in their jobs, you will end up paying less money to workers compensation along with lower health insurance premiums, and lost production and time off.

Employees that feel like their employer actually cares about them are likely to stay with the company for many years. They will be loyal to the organization that treats them well and they will be likely to give it their all. They want to impress the company and to have others look up to them and this is possible if they feel the company really "has their back" when it comes to job satisfaction.

Making the working environment safe and comfortable also makes it inviting. This is encouraging as employees actually want to work there and they actually look forward to coming in each day. When a business is able to achieve this type of employee happiness, they can easily start achieving higher levels of production and higher levels of customer satisfaction. An office environment where employees are happy to be there is inviting to the customers. Customers are likely to share their experiences with their friends and this type of buzz marketing cannot be bought.

So what can you do to start working on health and safety in the workplace? Start with training. There are so many companies out there that simply hire people to come in and then promptly forget about them once they are hired. How much time do you spend on training? The best organizations out there take employee training seriously and they will spend hours with your employees to help train them for their job. They understand the importance the employee provides to the organization as they are a representation of the company and the customers will base their experiences with this person of the entire company. When you are taking time to train your employee's right, they will be able to answer questions quickly and will not feel nervous in front of the customers. The other thing that training does for your employees is help them out with safety procedures. If they are working on large equipment and other things, they will be kept safe as they know what to do and will be able to avoid an accident thanks to their good training.

Encourage your staff to get active. Employees also need to have time to exercise and a place to do it. If you can provide an on-site exercise facility for your staff so they actually have somewhere to work out. It's also a good idea to give them an extra 30 minutes in their workday to exercise. This program actually does work and employees are much happier about their jobs when their employer does this. Take a lesson from Nike as most of their employees are happy in their jobs thanks to the environment that Nike has worked hard to create for them.

Help employees manage stress. Stress is one of the things that can destroy employee morale. It leads to an increase in sick leave and lower production. You should always meet with your employees to find out what you can do for them in order to reduce their stress loads and to help them feel satisfied in their job.