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A recent survey carried out by Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Simplyhealth entitled ‘Absence Management Survey’ has revealed that the most common reason for long-term sickness absence among manual and non-manual employees, is stress.
EssentialSkillz looks into the findings of this survey and investigates the reasons for this increasingly common workplace absentee problem.
Redundancies looming?
There’s nothing like an absent carrot to keep you motivated in your job, especially in light of austerity cut backs. Affecting most industry sectors, headcounts are being analysed, job roles are being scrutinised. “Employers planning to make redundancies in the next six months are significantly more likely to report an increase in mental health problems among their staff (51% compared with 32% who are not planning redundancies).”
Public sector no longer the ‘untouchables’
Organisational change and restructures are common place within public sector bodies, however in more recent times, the end result is leaving people without any form of job security. Gone are the sideways moves, the slotting of departments into other divisions. Put simply, Government cutbacks mean there is a reality that entire public sector initiatives/organisations are fast disappearing, whilst those that do manage to hold on to some kind of role will have to suffer pay freezes and pension cuts. Public sector respondents identify the amount of organisational change and restructuring as the number one cause of stress at work.
The Problem A large event management company in the Midlands was prompted to act, to address the dangers of back disorders in the workplace, by an EssentialSkillz email newsletter publicising the HSE’s “Better Backs” campaign.
Realising their provision and management of manual handling training and risk assessments could be improved, they got in touch to find out how an online solution could be implemented to improve the situation.
The Solution Manual Handling Essentials is an online course designed to help organisations deliver training to employees as soon as they begin work and before they might need to practise a manual handling task. In this training course employees learn:
The Problem
A major drink distributor approached us with an issue in April 2007. An existing customer, they had already used our Ergowize online DSE solution to deliver training and risk assessments to around 160 staff nationwide. They needed to extend this process to staff based in their Glasgow office, but did not have the resource available to set up and manage this project.
Ideally they wanted to:
- populate a database with employee details
- set up a system to automatically generate email introductions and reminders
- roll out online DSE training and risk assessments to 30 members of staff
- record and prioritise associated DSE risks
- outsource the monitoring of the concerns generated by the risk assessment
- outsource the intervention required to resolve outstanding risks
The Solution
EssentialSkillz offers a managed service to compliment its Ergowize online DSE training and risk assessment solution. Dedicated system adminstrators (who are both product experts and DSE Assessors) are allocated to a client to provide a variety of support services:
Health and Safety E-Learning specialists, EssentialSkillz, have re launched their complete library of 22 Health and Safety and HR E-Learning courses for health & Safety and HR training professionals.
The Health and Safety E learning courses have undergone an update to enhance the end-user experience, offering a rich graphical interface.
The entire library has been updated including content upgrades to many courses. All of the Essentialskillz courses are editable using the Authoring tool integrated into their LMS, O-LAS and all images and text can be amended by clients to ensure the courses are relevant to the intended audience.
The HSE is to be asked by a Coroner to look at the requirement for longer jump leads or alternative equipment to enable breakdown and recovery personnel to operate more safely.
The recommendations come following the inquest into the death in 2008 of a 58 year old breakdown industry worker who was killed on the road near Ringwood, Hampshire, when a passing motorist hit the vehicle he was working on.
He was positioned between his breakdown vehicle and the vehicle he was working on in order to apply jump leads and he could not place his vehicle in the preferred position some way behind the car he was working on. A verdict of unlawful killing was arrived at.
EssentialSkillz is a global supplier of Safety E-Learning and Risk Assessment Training Courses. Our Computer Health and Safety Software Solutions are designed to help organisations achieve compliance with DSE regulations.
Workplace Ergonomics is of paramount importance to our clients and our extensive range of courses caters for all aspects associated with Employee Risk Assessment.
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EssentialSkillz, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of world-class online Health & Safety training and risk assessment software solutions has launched a new workplace safety blog.
The blog, built on a Wordpress platform, brings subscribers the freshest insights and unlimited access to exclusive content including; useful nuggets of information and best practice; thought leadership pieces; industry news articles; whitepapers and case studies.
Julian Roberts, EssentialSkillz Managing Director said:
“We have launched this blog specifically to engage with our clients and prospects alike. In today’s climate it is extremely important to maintain a continuous dialogue with our clients and key industry influencers from all our market sectors “.
He went on to say:
“The purpose is to share views and generate debate amongst our growing client base of blue chip organisations. You can take a look, follow the conversation and join in the debate by visiting www.workstationsafety.com – drop us a line and let us know what you think”.
Ploughcroft Building Services of Brighouse in Yorkshire has been found in breach of r.9(2)(a) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and has been fined £10,000 plus £10,937 in costs.
The incident occured on the 14th June last year when an employee of Ploughcroft Building Services was on the rood of the Reddish Vale Technology College helping make the roof waterproof. He tripped on some cables and subsequently fell through the roof ligh landing on a concrete floor 2.6 metres below.
The employee sustained injuries to his neck and back that were so severe, he has been unable to return back to work.
The court was told that the company had failed to provide a cover or barrier for the skylight, despite being told to do so in a report by a health and safety consultant less than six weeks earlier.
HSE Inspector Sandra Tomlinson said: “This incident could easily have resulted in one of Ploughcroft’s employees being paralysed or even killed. Despite surviving, the injuries he’s suffered mean he has lost the confidence to be able to return to work as a roofer.
“There were children walking under the skylight just minutes before he fell through it, so other individuals were also put at risk by Ploughcroft’s actions.”
- Ergonomic products supplier will offer Cardinus risk assessment and training
- Cardinus and Osmond are in tune with shared values and complementary products and services
CARDINUS Risk Management has formed an alliance with ergonomic products supplier Osmond Ergonomics that will bring benefits to customers of both companies.
Osmond will be introducing its customers to Cardinus e-learning, risk assessment, risk management and training services. The combination of complementary products and services provides a comprehensive solution to all ergonomics challenges.
Jon Abbott, managing director – ergonomics and safety at Cardinus Risk Management, said, “We are delighted to be working with Osmond Ergonomics. Our organisations share similar values in best practice and customer service, so working together we offer customers a compelling proposition.”
Osmond Ergonomics supplies office, industrial and laboratory seating, adjustable desks with electric (sit-stand) or manual height adjustment, storage and reception furniture along with a huge range of computer, desktop and lighting accessories.
More courses have been added to WorkRite’s annual training programme to meet an ever-growing demand for places.
This year will run a record number of open courses across the country, and help hundreds of people to gain skills and qualifications as DSE assessors, first aiders, manual handling trainers and a whole lot more.