Minimising Risks
Work culture

Work should be organised in such a way that the employee's health and safety is not put at risk. The work culture can be improved in a number of ways by, for example:

• Improving communications between management and staff in both directions.
• Consulting employees and their representatives about their jobs and any changes to them.
• Ensuring that jobs which pose a risk and which cannot be completely eliminated are rotated so that no individual spends long on that task.
• Ensuring that all employees have sufficient variety of tasks to enable them to use different muscles and postures and to make their job more satisfying.
• Providing adequate rest breaks to prevent the build up of fatigue and by ensuring that the breaks are taken.
• Identifying and removing stress factors from the workplace.
• Giving workers control over their pace of work and how they plan their day.
• Removing piece rate and payment by results systems that make earnings dependent on excessive work rates.
• Removing bonus, performance or monitoring schemes which make workers push themselves beyond their capacities. Having proper monitoring and reporting procedures for symptoms of RSI.

Minimising Risks
General Lifestyle
Ergonomics
Alternative Technology
Workplace Health & Safety
What can you do
General
Reporting Hazards
Stress Management
Workplace Assessements
Trade Union
What can your employer do
General
Work Culture
Tasks & Equipment
The Individual
Physical Environment
Monitoring Health / Stress Management
Code of Practice

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