The significant changes that have occurred in the workplace in recent decades have resulted in emerging risks that go beyond the physical, chemical and biological risks already addressed at the traditional level of Health and Safety at Work.
Psychosocial risks related to work have been identified as major contemporary challenges to health and safety and are linked to problems in the workplace, such as stress, violence, harassment and intimidation at work.
Psychosocial risks are those factors that are causing stress in an employee. These problems bother so much that your individual well-being is affected.
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Stress related to work (including work overload and time of overwork) |
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Violence outside the organization |
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Bullying (can include verbal and emotional abuse) |
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Sexual harassment |
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Mobbing |
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Burnout |
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Exposure to unhealthy elements during meetings (like tobacco and alcohol excess). |
Psychosocial risks to the organization have a high cost associated to the extent that it affect its economic growth and the level of competitiveness, with concomitant deterioration of own corporate image.
Some consequences arising from the labor everyday psychosocial risks:
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Lack of motivation |
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Increased absenteeism
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Lower productivity / production disturbances |
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Increased staff turnover |
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Increase the Number of accidents |
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Increased conflict, strikes and assaults |
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Increased in complaints from customers / users |
In this field the SAFE AID provides consulting services on two levels:
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Psychosocial Risk Assessment |
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Implementation Prevention Measures / Control Psychosocial Risks |
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