Now this OHS Act is supported by the OHS regulations - which provides detailed requirement for the supply and use of hazardous substances. The classification of chemicals into the categories of poison, hazardous and dangerous, and identification on the label is the responsibility of manufacturers and suppliers. Employers under the OHS Act must ensure health, safety and welfare of their employees and other persons at their place of work. This includes preventing health risks created by the use and storage of chemicals. Employers have specific obligations to carry out the following: - Ensure that information is available so that chemicals can be safely used without risk to health such as martial safety data sheets.
| Recognizing Employee Contributions | HRM 500 Assignment 4 | | Sherry Jackson | 12/14/2014 | As an HR professional in today’s world businesses are required to create a continuous positive atmosphere. Ensuring that the right people are in the right position is a key component of the job. The challenges faced by HR professionals within this organization are important dimensions. The policies, practices, and systems that influence employees ‘behavior, attitudes, and performance as well as the employees pay is important to retain good employees. Many companies refer to HRM as involving “people practices.” HR professionals should emphasize that there are several important HRM practices that should support the organization’s business strategy: analyzing work and designing jobs, determining how many employees with specific knowledge and skills are needed (human resource planning), attracting potential employees (recruiting), choosing employees (selection), teaching employees how to perform their jobs and preparing them for the future (training and development), evaluating their performance (performance management), rewarding employees (compensation), and creating a positive work environment (employee relations).
Having an original performance appraisal system in a human service organization is very important. They should be used in any organization or business, but especially in human service organizations for many reasons. Performance appraisal can be viewed as the process of assessing and recording staff performance for the purpose of making judgments about staff that lead to decisions. It is important for managers and leaders of the organization to know what is going on with their employees. The performance appraisal gives the employer the upper hand on what goes on throughout their organization and allows them to make sure that things are done correctly.
There are positive and negative aspects of this function; first of all, the HR department enriches the Organization through recruitment procedures. HR department also ensures that members of staff follow a general direction by frequently clarifying and reminding them of the Organizations goals. HR is also responsible for organizing incentives or compensation packages to motivate employees. All these functions contribute towards organizational effectiveness. Howeve, there are some negatives aspect of HR; it has to bear the burden of blame if an employee’s performance poorly like for example Arthur Anderson Company.
* By co-operating with their employer’s efforts to meet safety obligations under the legislation. * By being aware, and taking care of their own safety and acting in a way that does not place other employees at risk of injury or illness. * By consulting with employers on matters that relate to health and safety in the workplace (through and OHS committee as an example) and assisting to provide practical solution to WHS problems within the workplace. Implement workplace safety requirements Question 3 This is a research question. Safety signs are used in the community and in the workplace to ensure accidents are avoided at all costs.
* Employees Name – this shows who contract this is. Eg Asda, Matalan * Duties and responsibilities – this will show your main role to the company and who duties you are expected to do. 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. * Health and Safety – your manager and everyone you work with must abided by these rules to stop accidents and to comply by the law. * Data Protection – This must be followed for everyone due to the data protection act 1998 this means your manager or the person who holds everyone’s information must use this information in the correct lawful way.
This paper will focus on internal policies and procedures for business contracts, electronic communications, and document retention related to these items. Business Contracts When creating a business contract, firms must create policies and procedures to run the business. Business policies and procedures must be clear and concise. Company policies represent the company’s operational goals and vision for success. Policies are expected to be followed by all employees and should include the consequences and repercussions of any policy violations.
Explain how you can ensure compliance with the legislation. The need for the manager to under OHS legislative requirements is required to protect the employees and guests to the work site from work place injury and fatal accidents. The manager can monitor WHS legislative requirements from being subscribed to these publications and memberships; · WorkCover NSW e-bulletin; · Thomson OHS News; · National Safety Magazine (CCH/NSCA); · Standards Australia online (University Library); · CCH OHS Alert e-bulletin; · NSW Self Insurers Association During a OHS tool box meeting would a time required to understand OHS legislative requirements and another situation would be after an incident that caused an injury in the work-place, dealing with the correct
Performance Management Performance Management allows for review of skills and proficiency of employees. This involves the review process, which in most cases relates directly to compensation. Managers monitor how employees are doing to identify areas that need improvement or things that are done exceptionally. Conclusion Human Resources Management Roles are a very important part of how a facility functions. They are the first line of engagement with employees and outside regulatory entities.
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998’ Explain the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer The main Health and safety policies and procedures with my employer are that the employer will carry out risk assessments to make sure there are no health and safety issues in the work place to protect us and to have a duty of care to others, to provide a safe and healthy place to work, to keep temperatures at a safe level to protect staff and residents, to keep equipment safe, make sure the work places are well ventilated, to make sure we have windows that can open and close, and to protect people from falls etc. Analyse the main health and safety responsibilities of self: My main health and safety responsibilities in work would be to follow the training that I have been given, to co-operate on my manager’s health and safety rules and to take reasonable care of your own and other people’s health and safety. The employer or manager: The employer has a responsibility to follow the regulation which is known as the ‘Health and Safety at Work Act 1974’. This is