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WSPS.CA | 2023 HEALTH & SAFETY LEADERSHIP SURVEY WHITE PAPER 17 HEALTH AND SAFETY'S IMPACT ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE Policies and procedures shouldn't be overwhelming, but they are important. Only half of the employees who work in Reactive organizations said they usually or always follow health and safety policies precisely – a stark contrast to behaviour in Proactive and Leading organizations. The top two reasons that employers want to improve health and safety are compliance and caring for employees. However, only half said they formally evaluate their health and safety plans. Companies that do evaluate focus most heavily on reduction of injuries and costs. Robertson understands the feeling that it is difficult to evaluate a health and safety program. Again, he suggests keeping it simple by using assessment tools that are available, such as The Guarding Minds at Work Survey to assess the 13 factors of psychosocial safety in the workplace and compliance audits. These tools can be helpful in identifying specific aspects of the health and safety program that need improvement. "It's important to structure the work to be done in compliance with the law, develop policies and procedures, and provide adequate training to workers, but you must also make sure that employees' mental health isn't suffering." 69% Always/Mostly 49% 7% 25% 20% Rarely/Never Sometimes Mostly Always Are Safety Policies Followed? VS 2021 Leading 88% -11 Proactive 80% --9 Managing 65% -10 Reactive 51% -3 Start of journey 57% -20 * E.S. = Employee Survey Safety Policies are Always/Mostly Followed

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