{"id":4972,"date":"2021-06-01T09:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T06:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2021-05-17T21:16:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:16:32","slug":"employee-well-being-affects-work-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/employee-well-being-affects-work-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Well-being Affects Work Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Employee Well-being Affects Work Safety&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Employee Well-being Affects Work Safety<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stress at work, oppression, and constant exhaustion have a strong impact not only on the quality of work performed, productivity, but also reduce the safety of employees and cause accidents. By paying attention to employees&#8217; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a pleasant work environment, there will be fewer accidents at work. Read more: <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/employee-engagement-with-well-being-initiatives\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Employee Engagement with Well-being Initiatives.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php\/Accidents_at_work_statistics#Number_of_accidents\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Eurostat statistics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in 2018, 3.1 million accidents at work were recorded in the European Union countries, of which 3,332 were fatal accidents. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of accidents at work in the European Union increased by 0.3% or by 8,137 more.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to reduce the growing number of accidents every year and increase <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work safety<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level of employee <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well-being <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at work refers to all aspects of work &#8211; the internal work environment and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work safety<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and employees&#8217; attitude towards their work, environment, and organization. To take better care of employees, promote <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">activities, we should start by determining the level of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of employees:<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><b>Create and send a survey to all employees<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The questionnaire can include all questions of interest related to employees&#8217; current <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at work, factors influencing it, stress levels, and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work safety.<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><b>Individual negotiations<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of the survey&#8217;s realization, individual interviews can be arranged with some or all employees to talk face to face, listen to their opinion of the situation at the workplace, and the orderliness of the internal environment to feel safe.<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><b>Anonymous letters of recommendation or complaint<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anonymous suggestions or complaints may be arranged to promote employee transparency and improve the working environment. Often, the employer does not think about the flaws of the workplace&#8217;s everyday environment and how to improve their <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What mainly affects the well-being of employees negatively.<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><b>Burnout syndrome<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/press.careerbuilder.com\/2017-05-23-Do-American-Workers-Need-a-Vacation-New-CareerBuilder-Data-Shows-Majority-Are-Burned-Out-at-Work-While-Some-Are-Highly-Stressed-or-Both\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the CareerBuilder survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>&#8220;61% of employees feel &#8216;burned out&#8217; and overwhelmed at work.&#8221; <\/b>To not<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> look weak in the employer&#8217;s eyes, the employee is unable to admit overwork or, take on additional work. This destroys the employee&#8217;s mental health, as well as does not promote more productive work.<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><b>High level of stress at work<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/press.careerbuilder.com\/2017-05-23-Do-American-Workers-Need-a-Vacation-New-CareerBuilder-Data-Shows-Majority-Are-Burned-Out-at-Work-While-Some-Are-Highly-Stressed-or-Both\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the CareerBuilder survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> &#8220;31% of respondents report very high levels of stress at work.&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The survey documents that stress also affects physical health, causing fatigue, pain, and poses mental health threats such as depression, anxiety, and anger. These findings highlight the link between <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stress at work.<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><b>Appreciation and recognition at work<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: Raleway;\">Feedback, suggestions, advice, critique, and praise &#8211; form a moral assessment and cooperation between employer and employee. If there is poor communication, only negative evaluation, and inadequate criticism, then the employee loses motivation to work, perform their work productively, as well as the level of well-being is below zero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are some of the most common factors influencing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the work environment, which negatively impact mental health. Then unconsciously, it is more possible to get depression, be burned out, and create a negative internal work environment by causing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work safety<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> risks for yourself and others.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: Raleway;\">Negative influence on workers safety<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the possible negative factors, it can be assumed that employees&#8217; safety is also directly related to their <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Awareness of safety measures, emergency procedures, and a safe working environment are necessary to prevent workers from being in a risky situation, as physical and mental health determines workers&#8217; actual safety. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com\/resources\/psychological-health-and-safety-statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Workplace Strategies for Mental Health data,<\/span><\/a> <b>\u201c82% of workers with mental health problems say it affects their work and behavior in the workplace, and 53% of those with physical health problems say it affects the quality of work.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, if an employee is overworked, he loses focus, makes careless mistakes, and, as a result, negligently endangers the safety, as he can unknowingly take dangerous actions &#8211; injuring himself and colleagues.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase employee <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2192 increase <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work safety<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By taking care of employees&#8217; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ensuring a positive and healthy work environment, it is possible to reduce the number of employee\u2019s safety hazards and accidents. Companies and employers need to pay more attention to employees and their<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> well-being <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because the most important resources are human resources. Well-being activities will unite the work team and individually improve the employees, creating a safe environment for everyone.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about improving employee <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-being<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/how%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cto%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8csuccessfully%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cimplement%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cwell-being%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cinitiatives\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How\u200c \u200cto\u200c \u200cSuccessfully\u200c \u200cImplement\u200c \u200cWell-being\u200c \u200cInitiatives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress at work, oppression, and constant exhaustion have a strong impact not only on the quality of work performed, productivity, but also reduce the safety of employees and cause 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