A happy, healthy and comfortable work environment is important for your staff – and can be achieved without spending a fortune. It boosts productivity and morale while acknowledging the time spent in an office. The following10 points are the actual ways of maintaining office environment as comfortable to all employee.1. A happy employee is a productive employee. People who enjoy their jobs are likely to engage more thoroughly with their work. It is in your interest to keep staff happy; otherwise, resentment could start to impact on the quality of their work or they may even consider leaving.2. Comply with health and safety legislation. You try to identify hazards in your work environment and ensuring basic levels of comfort. Minimum workplace standards include proper sanitation, access to drinking water and sufficient ventilation.3. Are you sitting comfortably? Back pain is one of the biggest causes of absenteeism, so it makes sense to consider investing in office equipment designed for people who sit in front of computers for any length of time. Repetitive strain injury can occur by repeating the same movement – for example, clicking a mouse – many times but an ergonomic keyboard or mouse will reduce the risk.4. Engage with different personalities. Every workplace has a mix of characters, and what works to motivate one will not necessarily help others. Get to know your employees and find out whether a hands-on approach or more independence will help them.5. Set out a clear and fair staff policy. This should apply to all employees – regardless of their seniority. If a manager consistently misses deadlines you should take it as seriously as you would with a junior employee, or you could find that individuals become resentful. If your policy changes, ensure everyone knows about it.6. Encourage managerial responsibility. Your managers should set an example to their teams both in how they carry out their work and how they behave in the workplace. Bullying, harassment and favoritism are unacceptable.7. Get the right balance. Whether it's an employee who daydreams in meetings, or one who works late into the night, help your staff strike the right work-life balance.8. Get healthy. Particularly if your environment is office-based, your employees may lead a sedentary lifestyle which could lead to long-term illness. Whether it's offering reduced membership to a local gym.9. Team building. Keep relationships within the office healthy by scheduling teambuilding activities. These can range from going out for a meal to an HR development event.10. Relax. The best way to find out whether staffs are happy and your work environment is healthy is to be approachable – that way, if there are any problems, your employees will not hesitate to come to you. Deal with problems as soon as possible and regularly ask for feedback on how your workplace could be improved.
Hi - Good question, undoubtedly we spend most of our life's time in office, so we have to enjoy our work, we have to showcase our best inputs, we have to stay calm, we have to laygh, every good effort to make the environment cosy and conzenial, so that we get the zeal to join the office though sometimes we all get fed up with the routines, after all we are humans...it is natural...
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Monish mohan , HSE Officer , Granite Construction Company LLC
You are absolutely right, it is very essential to do so. First of all we should identify the possible ergonomic issues by conducting an ergonomic survey including monitoring. then conduct a meeting with the analysed data for recommendations then make necessary changes in the work environment according to the collected data and recommendation. Then consideration should be given to religious and regional values. Discrimination in each should be identified and should take necessary actions to minimize it. Work station to be designed to fulfill all basic needs of human being and should be having enough refreshment programs.