Health And Safety Policies: Workplace Health And Safety

Vancouver Sun Dept: The study -- entitled What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Literacy's Impact on Workplace Health and Safety -- shows employers are more confident than workers or labour representatives in the ability of employees to understand health and safety policies, according to Vancouver Sun. Many employers create manuals and other documents to set out health and safety practices, but relying on written materials leaves organizations open to the risk that their employees may not be able to read and understand them and literacy can save lives in the workplace, according to a recent survey by The Conference Board of Canada. "This gap in perception creates the potential for accidents in the workplace to occur. Because employers are confident in their workers' literacy levels, they are less likely to see the need for training to upgrade employees' knowledge and understanding of health and safety practices," said researcher Alison Campbell. As reported in the news.
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