Employers need help to improve workplaces, says report

It seams that raising concerns, being free to add your two pennith worth or have your say and/or just answering back at work better for you and your family if you don't save it up and give them stick when you get home....

Injustice and suppressing anger bad for you.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8374519.stm

John's not wrong in that untill there are some seriously heavy penalties for not playing nice and consulting, asking instead of telling employee's and having some "Positive Respect for All" there will be a few ASBO's issued to employers who consistantly and systemically fail to addresss the level of Collateral Damage in their organisations due to Friendly Fire of omission..

But hey, what do i care, I for one am really happy with current workplace cultures of my competitors who follow the old addage of "treat e'm rough and keep e'm meen" cause their levels of staff disaffection and turnrover are up and their bottom line is down - whooopeee you just carry-on poooping in ya own handbag folks.

I didn't realise employers had so many problems trying to ensure their staff "wellbeing". Is this what the HSE is doing these days - part of the current strategy of "Hoping that employers will just be nice to their workers". Do they still not understand that most employers are NOT nice - they exercise a power relationship over their staff, and many of them behave deplorably.

Staff "wellbeing" is achieved by ensuring the statutory requirements of a safe workplace, adequate welfare facilities and the absence of risks to health are achieved - that's what contributes most to staff wellbeing. It is NOT a separate agenda, although it does, of course, help to divert attention away from the participation of union safety representatives and marginalise them.

Let me say it again to workers. Be like the birds in Chicken Run - get organised. Join the union and elect safety representatives. If you can't join the union, ensure you insist on the election of representatives under the 1996 Consultation with Employees Regulations. Make your employer do what the law requires them to do, and in a spirit of co-operation.

Let me say it again to employers. The best way to achieve a decent level of staff wellbeing is to observe the statutory duties imposed on you and adopt best practice solutions, encourage your staff to join a trade union, co-operate with their safety representatives, listen to what they say, respect their position and do what they suggest. Don't skirt around the issue by setting-up "Wellbeing committees" - make that a central plank of your workplace joint safety committee.

After 35 years of the HASAWA and 31 years of the Safety Reps & Safety Committees Regulations, it's about time you got it right.



I do wonder at the point of some of the research the HSE wastes its money on these days