Eight Ways To Protect Your Staff

As a business owner, you need to learn very quickly how to treat your staff if you want a loyal and happy workforce. The people who work for you aren't just an asset: they’re the most valuable asset you could have. You need to understand that healthy, happy people working for you will be more than happy to do more in their job and do more for you. It’s for this reason that their safety and protection should be a top priority of yours.

You should have a plan in place for every one of your staff members, whether they work on the manufacturing floor or they are in the office. The more you ensure that your staff are protected and looked after, the happier and healthier they will be. Not only will you ensure that you are taking care of people who do well for your business, but you will be avoiding potential lawsuits because of it. So, if you want to keep your staff protected in the workplace, we’ve got 8 suggestions to get you started.

• Health & Safety Training

A big part of protecting your staff is going to be in how you educate them. For example, you can buy all the protective gear you need from The Workers Shop, but if you haven't taught your staff why those items are so important, then there is no point in buying them. Education is the key to safety and protection and you can host seminars and lectures so that your staff are informed. Information is the key to everything, and you can start with uniform and work your way to disaster training and safety, too.

• Bullying & Harassment

No one should feel like they are targeted in the office. The workplace is the one space that people should be able to feel safe, and a zero tolerance policy on intimidation should be implemented. You can find that a lot of people do not cope with the damage to their mental health and you will lose valuable employees if you are not on top of what’s happening in your business. Keep in touch with your staff regularly and you will be able to weed out any bullies or those who find it in themselves to harass and harm others.

• Insurance

You need to have the right insurance in place for your staff so that they are protected from any accidents and injuries. People are going to make mistakes, as is machinery and sometimes, you need to have the sense to cover your employees and ensure that they are taken care of in the event of those accidents.

• Business Security

From locked doors to lanyards with ID badges, one of the best ways to protect people is to literally ensure that you lock the doors. Both physical and digital security is a must here, and you need to protect them online as much as you would in the business itself.

• Remote Working

You need to protect the employees that you have working outside the business. You have to consider that your staff won’t always be in one location, which means that you need to ensure that you have insurance to cover them. If you have people working on the road, you need the right insurance, too.

• Promote Wellbeing

It’s so important that you do what you can to promote health in your office. It’s not just about the fact that you want people to be at work and not calling in sick every day. However, you need to ask your staff directly what you could be doing to make life easier for them. If you do that, you will find that people feel better protected and that you actually care about them!

• Prevent Burnout

It’s so important that you prevent your staff from burning out. You want people to work for you, but understanding what’s going on in their lives and not overworking them puts you in a good position to be respected. Make sure that your business is staffed properly and check in with people. If you know the ins and outs of their stress, you can help to minimize it. This will lead to happier people who are well-rested and thus, make fewer mistakes in your business.

• A Good Lawyer

If you use a business or speciality legal service (like a gaming lawyer for example), you may be able to offer their services to your staff as well.  If you have good legal protection, you can ensure that your staff are well looked after and they will know that you care about them!