of the comfort of the boardrooms and reach out to their employees to
understand their concerns about health and safety.
Speaking at the annual Rivers Lecture in London, Ms Judith Hackitt
from the HSE said that the directors need to show more interest in
their employees. By talking directly to the employees and by visiting
their particular places of work, the directors would have a much
better idea of the problems faced by them. She stressed that personal
responsibility and integrity are the traits of any good leader, and
without these, there was a danger that employees would lose all faith
in the organisation.
Ms Hackitt, who had a group of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators as audience, also said that unless the management sets
an example it was unlikely that the employees would be encouraged to
follow the instructions given to them. She asked her audience to
leverage their unique position in the organisation to affect the
board's behaviour in a positive manner.
She also expressed her displeasure at the fact that health and safety
is treated as a formality in many organisations. She asked for greater
commitment and a genuine desire for better implementation of health
and safety policies.
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