How Do You Ensure Employee Safety and Health During Emergencies and Travels?

Research on Safety and Healthcare Initiatives

I am doing some research and was looking for information on Safety, Emergency & Organizations' healthcare initiatives. It would be really great if you could share your thoughts on this.

• What kind of measures do you take for employee safety (in or outside the organization), especially in emergencies? Are there any tools (like mobile apps) that can be used by employees, or tie-ups with third parties?

• Do you take any special care for employees who are traveling or deputed to another location temporarily? If not, please share your thoughts on whether there is anything that you think can be done or needed.

• How do you measure the overall employees'/organization's health (i.e., collective employee health)? Are any tools used for this, or do you think this is not required or helpful?

• Do you arrange any healthcare sessions for employees? How do you decide what healthcare awareness sessions should be arranged (such as breast cancer sessions or managing diabetes effectively)?

• What kind of tie-ups do you have, or would you like to have, with healthcare providers that benefit employees?

• What employee retention programs do you have in healthcare apart from medical/insurance benefits?

I really appreciate the time you have taken to read and answer the questions above. Thank you very much.

Thanks,
Atul

Group Medical Insurance

First, take out a group medical insurance policy. It works out to be very cost-effective if you have many employees.

Group Accident Insurance

Then, if your company work is challenging, like on an oil rig, take out group accident insurance.

Annual Health Check-Up

Once a year, send employees for healthcare check-up packages. Many diagnostic centers offer a full round-up for 2-3k per head. No apps are needed for this. Their email or employee ID must be a reference document or line item in the check-up. Track this via Excel.

Fire Drill Organization

Organize a fire drill in collaboration with the local fire department. Decide on your safe gathering area.

Alternative Work Location Planning

Plan for working at an alternative location. That is, if something like a riot occurs, would your employees be able to work from home? How will you continue to communicate with customers? Who will be the point of contact, the second point, and so on?

Critical Employee Identification

List out the employees who are absolutely critical for your company. Provide them with official company phones to use.

If it's an iPhone, you can set up "Find My Friends" and "Share My Location" as inbuilt features.

Regards

As a special care, we provide immediate medical attention at the company's expense whenever an employee is having a health issue.

Raaj
HR Assistant