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Need to respond to the student’s forum posting (not as a teacher) but provide comments (what you like and agree on in regards to their posting) and also provide additional insight and ask questions either throughout the response or at the end that would help in initiating feedback. Please note that sources must be current sources and Wikipedia and anonymous sources do not count as a source. **Please note that since this is a response back to a student title page is not required, just need to have the response along with references used**
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In this week’s assignment we learned about some of the health concerns that affect employees in work centers today. We read that the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) was passed in 1970, and it established a federal agency whose main goal was to help ensure the safety of workers. Additionally, Dias (2012) stated that employees also have additional health related concerns such as stress, office-related injuries, and no-fragrance areas.
Most people associate stress as a bad thing. However, stress can actually be good for some situations. For example, short term stress can help people perform tasks more efficiently (Weaver, 2006). This type of stress is normally referred to as eustress; while on the other hand, the stress that affects people’s ways of life or renders them unable to perform their normal daily functions is called distress. Managers can reduce workplace stress by first identifying what the stressors are in the workplace. Then, managers can identify ways to stop those stressors such as creative scheduling of employees or even teaching employees how to use the stress of the workplace for their benefit.
The second area discussed this week about employee safety concerns was office-related injuries. The main area that was discussed was carpal tunnel syndrome. This syndrome is becoming more relevant today because of the increased use of computers in today’s workforce. Even though we are using more computers today, there are ways to combat this disorder. Ways to avoid or limit carpal tunnel syndrome is by ensuring that employees have the proper equipment and teach them proper body mechanics to combat the syndrome.
The last area of employee concerns was no-fragrance areas. This could be fragrances from chemicals used within the work place to a neighboring co-worker who wears a little too much perfume. There are many ways employers can assist with this problem such as ensuring there is adequate ventilation, investing in products that have limited scents, and/or creating a policy in the work place limiting the use of fragrance based products.
The future of employee health concerns should be an important factor for all employers. Google has identified the need to support their employees by creating many options to not only relieve work place stress but to also improve the health of Google employees. Google does this by their campus offering breaks away from work to workout in their free gym or they even have a policy letting you bring your dog into work to reduce stress (D’onfro & Smith, 2014).
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