Ganesan 20879 PSYCOSOCIAL HAZARDs ABSTRACT Psychosocial hazards occurs in workplaces and it affected the workers to focus on their work. However, we still can find solution and the ways to solve and prevent from the psychosocial hazards happened. INTRODUCTION Psychosocial
process of obtaining samples of body fluids or tissues (for example, urine, blood, hair, breath) from job applicants and employees and conducting laboratory analyses to detect the presence of certain drugs, including alcohol, and their metabolites, (Hanson,1993). Drug testing in the workplace policy differs from organization to organization. Employers have their own requirements as far as implementing drug testing policies in organizations. Most employers implement such policies in order to maintain a
3.0 Drinking Behaviour in Malaysia Over the last decade, alcoholism is a dangerous pattern of alcohol consumption among young adults and a public health concern in the United States (US) (Naimi, Brewer, Mokdad, Denny, Serdula, and Marks, 2003) as alcohol can get easily from everywhere. In US, binge drinking usually peaked around 20–22year (Kuntsche, Rehm & Gmel, 2004). One of the predictor of alcoholism was the level of financial resources. In US, there is a research which include 700000 of respondents
Alcohol has been and still is prevalent in our Navy. Underage drinking is still occurring on naval bases and aboard ships in the Navy today. The Navy has been cracking down on this alcohol related problem and has also set up programs to prevent it and sop future problems from coming up. As a future junior officer in the Navy, I will have to face these potential problems in the sailors under my command. Underage drinking can lead to more serious problems such as alcoholism and alcohol related arrests
are liquids that can burn. The real difference lies within their flash point range, or lowest temperature at which vapours of the material will ignite when supplied with an ignition source. Flammable and combustible liquids are utilised in most workplaces, from manufacturing to retail and service entities. To ensure the safety of property, people, and the environment, both flammable and combustible liquids need to be handled and stored correctly at all times. What are Flammable Liquids? Besides
issues, consequences may be from suspension, termination of employment contract to attention towards legal charges. a. Alcohol and Drug Policy No employee is expected to come to office under alcohol or drug influence. Under influence of alcohol and drugs during work hour is an indication to human impairment over ideas, judgment and capacity on decision making. Objective of alcohol and drug policy is to ensure the disadvantage
the employer to ensure safe and healthy workplace. A safe and healthy environment will help the employer in focusing on ways of improving the business. Employers and employees should set goals on health and safety in the working environment. In addition, they should work together to achieve these goals are achieved. However, in a work place health and safety issues cannot be ideal. This is because of the challenges faced in ensuring safe and healthy workplace. The first one is that the business will
factor in minorities due to been seen as inferior or been seen as a fear factor. During a flight, the airline company, ExpressJet, due to refusing to serve alcohol, suspended a Muslim flight attendant in accordance to her Islamic faith. Prior to her suspension, the flight attendant, Charee Stanley, had been doing her job without having to serve alcohol. Charee Stanley had been working for ExpressJet for three years and approximately two years ago converted to Islamic faith and learned that it prohibit
contribute to mental health amongst low income, middle aged, working fathers. Through targeting low income middle aged fathers in the workplace the program will tackle behaviors such as drug abuse, communication, and self care education to improve participants
Workplace violence has become an alarming phenomenon and a dangerous act worldwide. The increased prevalence rates of workplace violence show that violence is a more common phenomenon than previously believed. Workplace violence has been recognized in three main levels: the organizational, the societal and the individual level. The most vulnerable health care workers are nurses as they are the most effected by workplace violence. The reason behind is that nurses are in close contact with their patients