OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT LAW

Occupational Safety and Health Management Law

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Occupational Safety and Health Management Law

Introduction

Management is one of the most important aspects of any organization, which helps it in dealing with different situations. There are various management approaches that help an organization in maintaining occupational safety and health of its employees. In an organization, several people are hired for different purposes. The safety and health of employees is the responsibility of the management of the organization. It is essential for the management to develop plans and maintain standards to provide a safe and secure environment to their employees. Occupational safety and health management has a positive impact on the productivity and performance of employees. It helps in enhancing employee satisfaction and positively influences employee retention. The management of organizations can use different approaches to maintain occupational safety and health management (Pearse, Gallagher and Bluff, 2001).

This study focuses on the planned approaches to health and safety management at a workplace. A scrutiny of occupational safety and health management systems at workplace is examined for the purpose of examining management approaches. Every organization has some formal and informal systems, and organizational arrangement, which helps in maintaining occupational safety and health management. the culture of the organization and management systems of the organization help in maintaining standards of occupational safety and health management to provide their employees with a safe and secure environment.

The study is related to the health and safety practices adopted by management of various organizations. The 'best practice' discipline is adapted by the management of several organizations and is considered as one of the latest adaptation. It is significant for the management of organizations to emphasize on the safety and security of their employees. This will have a positive impact on the overall performance of the organization. It also helps the organization in maximizing its success by providing employees with safe and healthy environment at the workplace.

Discussion

Health and safety practices are promoted by the management of various organizations. The development of health and safety systems and legislation has been promoted by several theorist and researchers. The Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1985 helps in understanding the importance and relevance of maintaining and promoting health and safety measures in the organization. Achieving and maintain safety in an organization is a challenge for the management (Zimolong and Elke, 2005).

In the past, many organizations have failed in applying effective approaches for occupational safety and health management in organizations. There are various cases from the past, which shows that how natural hazards have resulted in destroying organizations. Employees have lost their lives in many factory incidents. Some companies caught fire, which resulted in harming its employees very badly. Similarly, there are cases when due to some operational mistakes the organization had to face serious difficulties resulting in harming the health and safety of its employees. The Occupational Health and Safety Act was formed to deal with these situations. The law shows that it is necessary for organizations ...