Employee safety and well being
Figure 1 - What is employee health and well being ? Employee safety and well being is a key parameter for orgainsational success, particular for companies managing hazardous operations, the role of mental health has been difficult to integrate with urgent priorities to reduce accidents and injuries, and even harder to integrate with productivity goals. It is our contention that one of the main reasons for this difficulty is related to a predominant focus on the negative aspects of employee mental health – and on individually oriented, reactive interventions to mitigate poor mental health outcomes (Caulfield et al, 2004; Kompier et al,2000). Therefore, it is mandatory to maintain employee satisfaction levels always on a higher note to get maximum benefits to the organisation as well. Further employee well-being is expected to carry the effect of workplace practices onto organizational improvements and success (Grawitch et al., 2006). In another scenario placing heavy safety practi...