Work, Health and Safety (WHS), is vitally important in every industry. Every worker has the right to work in a safe environment, and employers should ensure safety is their number one priority on site.
Creating a safe work environment is a legal requirement and critical to the long-term success of Seb and Alicia’s business. Benefits of creating a safe work environment includes:
• Helping retain staff
• Maximises employee productivity
• Minimises injury and illness in the workplace
• Reduces the costs of injury and workers’ compensation
• Ensures Seb and Alicia meet their legal obligations and employee responsibilities.
The key principles of the laws, detailed in the Work Health and Safety Act (SA), are consistent with long established workplace …show more content…
Resolving conflicts that arise in the workplace is a big challenge for managers and every business needs to have a disciplined process, which can be put in place to address and minimise conflict. There are ways to reduce conflict in the workplace that every business should employ to help reduce potential problems. Multiple practices which can be put into place to minimise conflict in a workplace include:
Create Consequences
If there is an individual in the workplace who is repeatedly creating conflict, consequences must be inflicted in order for the person to stop. Once employees understand that conflict has consequences, they will be less likely to initiate it.
Listening
Employees and managers should be encouraged to listen to each other in the course of a conversation to avoid conflict. According to CareerBuilder, conflict in the workplace sometimes can result when two parties are talking to each other but neither is listening to the points being made. Training sessions can be held to teach employees how to listen and communicate more …show more content…
Managers should take a hard line on bullying, violence, and other anti-social behaviours, and employees should understand the consequences of those actions can include termination.
Watching for warning signs
Warning signs that can result in conflict can include increased employee absences, reduced productivity, and a noticeable increase in stress levels. If employees are seen exhibiting these behaviours, the manager must intervene before it escalates.
Seb and Alicia must follow these four practices in order to minimalize conflict in their workplace. If conflict is minimalized, their business will become a positive workplace, in which employers will want to work and where customers will want to
Creating a safe work environment is a legal requirement and critical to the long-term success of Seb and Alicia’s business. Benefits of creating a safe work environment includes:
• Helping retain staff
• Maximises employee productivity
• Minimises injury and illness in the workplace
• Reduces the costs of injury and workers’ compensation
• Ensures Seb and Alicia meet their legal obligations and employee responsibilities.
The key principles of the laws, detailed in the Work Health and Safety Act (SA), are consistent with long established workplace …show more content…
Resolving conflicts that arise in the workplace is a big challenge for managers and every business needs to have a disciplined process, which can be put in place to address and minimise conflict. There are ways to reduce conflict in the workplace that every business should employ to help reduce potential problems. Multiple practices which can be put into place to minimise conflict in a workplace include:
Create Consequences
If there is an individual in the workplace who is repeatedly creating conflict, consequences must be inflicted in order for the person to stop. Once employees understand that conflict has consequences, they will be less likely to initiate it.
Listening
Employees and managers should be encouraged to listen to each other in the course of a conversation to avoid conflict. According to CareerBuilder, conflict in the workplace sometimes can result when two parties are talking to each other but neither is listening to the points being made. Training sessions can be held to teach employees how to listen and communicate more …show more content…
Managers should take a hard line on bullying, violence, and other anti-social behaviours, and employees should understand the consequences of those actions can include termination.
Watching for warning signs
Warning signs that can result in conflict can include increased employee absences, reduced productivity, and a noticeable increase in stress levels. If employees are seen exhibiting these behaviours, the manager must intervene before it escalates.
Seb and Alicia must follow these four practices in order to minimalize conflict in their workplace. If conflict is minimalized, their business will become a positive workplace, in which employers will want to work and where customers will want to