The Harvard Chan School Center for Work, Health, and Well-being (CWHW) conducts research to implement effective strategies to improve employee and employer safety, health, and well-being. We have learned the best approach is to focus on working conditions. But strategies for how to do this are not abundant. CWHW recently published implementation guidelines to address this gap.
Take-home messages:
- Organizations may struggle to improve employee and employer outcomes unless they use an upstream systems approach to focus on improving the working conditions that influence safety, health, and well-being.
- Working conditions are often at the root cause of poor health, safety, and well-being outcomes. Improving them optimizes employee and employer outcomes.
- Best practice examples & resources exist that can help you improve outcomes
Learning Outcomes
How to use organizational policies and practices to improve employee and employer outcomes
How to weave an integrated approach focused on working conditions into organizational improvement processes
Where to find case examples and resources to implement integrated approaches to safety, health, and well-being