4 Ways to Establish a Meaningful Health and Safety Law Program
Safety should be the first priority for any workplace, not only to meet health and safety law requirements but also to ensure the health and wellbeing of your employees and contractors. Workplaces must perform their due diligence by ensuring that safety policies are in place and training is available to all employees. You can also engage your team in health and safety law by implementing an effective program that allows employees to get more value out of their training and following safety guidelines. Here are four ways to establish a meaningful health and safety program in your workplace.
1. Tailor training and safety procedures to your workplace needs. While you must follow all health and safety law requirements, you can make sure that the information you provide is hands-on and applicable to your workplace. Your employees and contractors will see the relevance of the training and why it is important that it is followed.
2. Develop your materials thoughtfully. The way that training materials are presented will depend on the type of work that you do. There may be some training that can be done in groups and other procedures should be explained one-on-one. Consider how the information can be best presented, as well as who is the best equipped to present it.
3. Provide time for your health and safety law program to be followed. If employees or contractors are not given an appropriate amount of time to complete training or follow procedures, shortcuts may be taken which can be disastrous if an incident occurs. Make sure that your team knows that they should take their time to fully understand and follow your safety program.
4. Welcome questions and suggestions. The best way to engage your workers is to provide them with the opportunity to ask questions. They are also the ones who are performing the work and will best know whether a health and safety law program is effectively addressing any concerns.
Being thoughtful about your health and safety law program will lead to engaging and relevant training with procedures that your team will both understand and follow.
