Work-related health and safety issues must be paid for by employers, not the public

Harvey, Geraint and Wallace, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7330-0114 2024. Work-related health and safety issues must be paid for by employers, not the public. The Conversation 2024 (27 May)

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Abstract

Workplace health should be a priority for everyone. For employees, maintaining health and well-being at work is essential because we spend so much of our lives working. For employers, worker health is an important determinant of productivity. According to the Canadian Human Resources Professionals Association, the cost to Canadian businesses caused by absenteeism (absence from work due to sickness) and presenteeism (attending work despite being ill) is about $16.6 billion annually. Workplace health initiatives can play an important role in promoting healthy employee lifestyles. These initiatives can reduce absenteeism and health-care costs by more than 25 per cent. If an organization benefits from having a healthy workforce, then investing in the health of workers makes economic sense. However, not all organizations follow this approach. Some large corporations have been criticized for their health practices with Amazon having been accused of replacing burned-out employees with new ones to ensure a continuous supply of healthy employees.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	The Conversation Trust
ISSN:	2201-5639
Date of Acceptance:	27 May 2024
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2024 09:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170824

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