{"id":2522,"date":"2016-11-29T13:45:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T13:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2016-11-29T13:45:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T13:45:38","slug":"making-your-job-work-for-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/making-your-job-work-for-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Making your job work for your health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to modern-day laws and employment rules, your bosses need to keep you well. They are completely responsible for a lot of aspects. But, it can be hard to know what they should be doing for you. <\/strong><\/p>\n

To help you out, this post will go through some of the areas that your boss needs to cover, to keep you on your feet.<\/p>\n

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THE WORKING AREA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your employer is responsible for making sure that the <\/span>area you work in is safe<\/span><\/a>. But, of course, they can only do so much. They should make sure that all of the equipment you use is safe. And, if it isn\u2019t, they should train you to use it in the safest possible way. Your employer isn\u2019t responsible for things that you bring from outside of work unless they see that it\u2019s a violation of health and safety rules. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you do get injured as the result of health and safety violations, you will usually have grounds to take legal action against the company. This will be with the aim of getting compensation so that any time you spend out of work due to <\/span>the injury is paid for<\/span><\/a>. Obviously, you need to be realistic. You should only try to claim against your employer if they treat you unfairly and the injury is serious enough to stop you from working. <\/span><\/p>\n

STRESS AND HARASSMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Much like the working areas of the business, employers are also responsible for making sure that staff aren\u2019t stressed. It\u2019s important to an employer to have calm staff because stressed people don\u2019t tend to work very productively. <\/span>Stress can be caused<\/span><\/a> by many factors. So, it\u2019s important that you let your boss know if you feel too stressed to work properly. You will have to figure out what is causing the stress yourself. Otherwise, your boss won\u2019t be able to make changes to account for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your employer is also responsible for monitoring harassment. They have to make themselves available for one on one meetings, so that you can let them know if you\u2019re being harassed. Bullying in the workplace is hard to deal with, but it\u2019s surprisingly common. Both stress and harassment can lead to further health issues. They need to be kept in check.<\/span><\/p>\n

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EMPLOYEE HEALTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although they\u2019re not responsible for your <\/span>physical health<\/span><\/a>, unless they\u2019re causing problems, it\u2019s in an employer\u2019s interest to keep you healthy. Fit staff members will always perform better than unfit ones. For this reason, a lot of companies will use regular <\/span>health assessments<\/span><\/a> to make sure that their staff are healthy. This is something that you can request. But, you\u2019ll have to do some research first. If you take the very best option to your boss, they\u2019re much more likely to take it. If you simply ask for a checkup, they\u2019ll likely forget, and it won\u2019t ever get done.<\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes to working, your health should be both your employer\u2019s and your own key concern. It can benefit you both greatly, especially in physical jobs. And, in less physical jobs, it gives you the chance to make sure the job isn\u2019t ruining you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to working, your health should be both your employer\u2019s and your own key concern. It can benefit you both greatly, especially in physical jobs. And, in less physical jobs, it gives you the chance to make sure the job isn\u2019t ruining you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,36,35],"tags":[802,19,1442,1443,1444,20],"class_list":["post-2522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness","category-health-wellness-2","category-wellness-2","tag-exercise","tag-health","tag-physical-jobs","tag-stress","tag-stress-management","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions\/2525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}