ASSIGNMENT

ARTICLE REVIEW ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY

SUBMITTED BY:-
NAME: Rebekah Anil Salvi
ROLL NO.: 2k181109

1) Paper Name: Business Standard

2) Editor Name/Owner Name: IANS, New Delhi
3) Date: April 28, 2019
4) Article Name: Organisations today stand committed to
occupational safety

Description of Article:
The article is written in light of ‘World Day for Safety and
Health at Work’ which is celebrated on April 28. The article
sheds light on occupational hazards, work-related illness,
injuries or accidents and how companies or organisations
today are taking measures to deal with it in order to ensure
employee safety and a healty and stress-free working
environment.
 The article states that, according to a report in ILO, Every
year more than 2.78 million people die as a result of
occupational accidents or work-related diseases. There are
around 374 million non-fatal work-related injuries and
illnesses each year, many of these resulting in extended
absences from work. The human cost of this adversity is vast
and the economic burden of poor occupational safety and
health practices is estimated at 3.94 per cent of global Gross
Domestic Product each year.
The article also highlights that employee well-being,
workplace safety and environmental protection as the key
tenets of their overall growth strategy, leading global
organisations today stand committed to the cause of
Occupational Safety.
Rajiv Naithani, HR Head India of Infogain Corp. says that,”
Employee safety and wellbeing are always on the priority list
for companies. Every employee irrespective of age, gender,
creed, culture, race and religion must need to feel safe while
working in any organisation. Most of the companies put
"Code of Conduct" guidelines in place to ensure the work
environment is secured for all the employees.”
The measures taken by organisations include whistleblower
policies and POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment)
guidelines in place, companies have constituted internal
committees (ICs) to work towards making a safe and secured
work environment for the women employees, which also
includes orientation and sensitisation around laid down
behaviour and guidelines as conduct in the company. Other
areas the companies work on are  Psychological & emotional
safety, Physical and mental wellbeing, Employee engagement
through surveys ,etc. The articles also mentions measures
taken by companies like Tech Mahindra, American Express,
Schaeffler.
"A healthy work environment is synonymous to robust
business growth of an organisation. Addressing the wellbeing
and workplace safety of our employees is a key priority for
us. At Tech Mahindra, we practise the policy of 'wellness
before business' to keep our employees engaged and
motivated," says Harshvendra Soin, Chief People Officer,
Tech Mahindra.
Thus, the article talks about the work related
illness/health and safety issues and highlights the importance
of employee health and safety and what measures are being
taken by companies and organisations to ensure the safety and
wellbeing of their employees.