10. WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY
WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY Source: (Shepherd, 2019) Workplace Health and Safety is one of the very crucial HR related aspects. Because HR plays a significant role to ensure a safe and secure workplace for all employees (Servisource, 2023). It is mainly considered as a responsibility of HR to develop and implement Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures. Apart from that HR should make sure that all employees in the organization get sufficient H&S training and ensuring the proper compliance with the occupational H&S standards & regulations (courses.lumenlearning.com, n.d.). Furthermore, HR should provide necessary guidance, leadership as well as direction for the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment for all, which would consist of pre-identifying of potential workplace hazards, periodic conducting of risk assessments and developing sustainable action plans to address and mitigate any identified risks (www.linkedin.com, n.d.). H