H Klinkenberg & Associates - Employee Risk Management Consultants

Specialists in:  stress audit, stress risk assessment, risk minimisation, stress management, diversity audit, sickness, absenteeism, employee relations, training, workshops, coaching, learning, development and motivation.

H Klinkenberg & Associates - Employee Risk Management Consultants

Specialists in:  stress audit, stress risk assessment, risk minimisation, stress management, diversity audit, sickness, absenteeism, employee relations, training, workshops, coaching, learning, development and motivation.

Employee Risk Management & Motivation

Employee Risk Management

What employee risks are causing you or your senior management the most concern:

• Sickness and absenteeism?
• High staff turnover?
• Competency and employee effectiveness?
• Poor productivity and motivation?
• Litigation?

If one or more of the above are a concern then we hope that you stay a little longer on our website, and take a look at what we can offer you.

Is your company involved in ignoring risk?

Risk minimisation is a bit like insurance, you spend money hoping that that the events you are minimising the risk for never happen. In time you wonder if you are wasting money because they have never happened. When money becomes tight you stop spending the money altogether, in the belief that you are spending money on preventing something that is unlikely to ever occur.

You might be right, but if you are wrong then the financial penalties and costs could far outstrip the basic costs of minimising the risk on a day to day basis.

Effective Risk Management

Records, records, records.

Choosing to do nothing needs to be an informed and well documented event. You need to undertake a proper well managed risk assessment that identifies hazards, establishes who is affected and to what degree, and based on an assessment of these factors, you can only then decide what action is necessary, if any, and give it a priority.

Simple.

So why do so many employers fail to follow this very simple well defined process designed to protect employees, the company and the companies finances?

Our biggest customers

The majority of our corporate customers only contact us because they have failed to manage their risk effectively, and are desperate to prevent it happening again.

Many have have been taken to court by a disgruntled employee, resulting in massive legal bills, damages and bad publicity.

Or sometimes their employee motivation and productivity is dropping.

Or sometimes important key staff are leaving, resulting in confusion, and high recruitment and training costs for new staff.

Or sometimes sickness and absenteeism is going through the roof.

Or sometimes formal questions are being asked about their lack of due diligence in their risk assessment process.

Common sense

Risk assessment is about gathering knowledge on how and where to spend your risk minimisation money wisely.

Too many risk minimisation initiatives are expensive knee jerk responses to unsubstantiated issues and risks, which in reality present no real risk to the employer. Higher level risks get ignored because the money has been wasted managing these ‘ghost’ risks.

A final word on ‘Stress’

A very misused and therefore misunderstood word. Stress is a natural response, but problems in its management occur because the causes and effects vary considerably between individuals.

In terms of managing stress in the workplace:

Stress is the point at which excessive, persistent or sustained pressure or demands causes physical or mental harm.

Therefore it is permitted to put employees under pressure, however the employer has a duty of care not to knowingly cause the employee physical or mental harm as a result of the pressure or demands. Stress risk management is a process of continuous improvement where employers are expected to undertake reasonably practicable measures to identify, assess and minimise risks from stress.

Accredited E-learning Health & Safety
Training Courses

Cost effective and simple delivery of Health and Safety training with minimal disruption to busy work schedules.