Program Plan

2.The workplace harassment cause due to difference in the difference in culture, traditional believe and based on race, age and sexual orientation. Sometimes employee also face such harassments in their earlier life and they just intends to pas that harassments to others. National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being estimated that 1 in 5 (21%) Australians experienced workplace harassments. Females (33%) are the mostly affected by the workplace harassments compared to male counterparts (9%) (Humanrights.gov.au). This lead to more heath issues like depression, psychological distress anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

3.EAP is a short term, confidential counseling service for the employee who have some personal problems. The scope of the program is to assist the organization and its stakeholder in maintaining their good health. The programs also make the employee learn what factors can make them sick during the working hour like unhygienic lunch, alcoholism and smoking. Thus, the program involves written policies, employee training and drug testing program that will help them to overcome the adversity.

4.The program that can be implemented is:

• Development of Union or Health and Safety Representative
• Wellness/health promotion and fitness
• Approved drug testing program
• Harassment training programs
• Planned formal and informal gathering

The union or the health and safety representation can formulate Harassment Prevention Program Policies that all the employees have to adhere. The program wellness/health promotion and fitness program allow the management to address the problem of weight control and nutrition issue. There are some issue that is considered as a consequence of the workplace harassment that is addiction towards alcohol and smoking. Thus, drug testing program addresses such adversity that can protect the employee from greater health adversity. Training programs are planned for making the employee aware of the punishments for harassing others and this program also consider victims to overcome from their situation. Gatherings program helps employee to enhance the interpersonal relationships among them.

5.In order to accomplish the drug testing, first sign drug testing equipments, drug tester stability medical test equipment and drug testing cups is required. Moreover, for measure the general health of the employee, weighting machine and height measuring tape is also required. Additionally, for official gatherings, hygienic lunch areas, gym area and clean swimming pool is also required to be incorporated.

6.Health Inspector Assess the food calorie level and nutrients in the food for detecting presence of drug 10^th November, 2017.

Drug Analyst To assess addiction level of drug in employees 12^th November, 2017 and 14^th November, 2017

Psychiatrist to evaluate the stress and anxiety level in employees  15^th November, 2017

Policy reformers To formulate new policies for preventing workplace harassment

Managers to incorporate gym, lunch areas and swimming pool in the office premises 10^th November, 2017 to 25^th February, 2018

The structure shows that all the power relies in the hands of CEO of the company, who communicate with the governing board, advisory board and human resource regarding overcoming the problem of workplace harassment. The HR communicate with program department for conducting official gathering and maintaining pantry’s hygiene, policy reforms for formulating new policies, heath advisors for measuring the stress and anxiety level and finance department to provide financial resource.

8.If the office premise do not contain any gym and swimming pool area then it has to be formulated which need costs. Formulation of policies needs support of government, where some financial resource is needed. Moreover, additional cost is required for drug testing equipments and other health accessories. The promotional activities of the EAP program against workplace harassment also need cost like- preparing posters, brochures, signage, incorporating vending machines and canteen, exercise space for yoga, experts fees for training programs and drug testing programs.

Workplace harassments usually occur to new employees and incorporating informal and formal gatherings employee can understand each other better. Moreover, the policy report program also makes management to assess the current situation of the workplace harassment and number of case where employee files for such cases. The training programs also make the employee aware of the policies and the consequence if they do not follow the legislations. Lastly, the drug testing programs is especially for employee who become addict to drugs after get harassed and this program will help them to overcome from their addiction.

10.The newly introduced strategies and policies can be communicated through office notice boards and personal e-mails at official ID. Moreover, managers also make the employee aware of the programs at end of every meeting. The developed plan can also be communicated through company’s social media pages and channels so that other people can also become knowledgeable regarding the company’s initiative. The marketing strategy comprise of the formulation of posters, vedioloop presentation, distribution of wellness calendars to the employees, handouts attached to walls regarding prohibiting workplace harassment and e-mail notices.

11.The evaluation method can be successful if longitudinal study is implemented. The programs mentioned in the plan should be assed at a regular interval of time so that e progress can be witnessed. Management can also conduct employee interest surveys, calculate the number of harassment cases file before and after the program implementation and records of management commitments. The management should also assess the pros and cons of implemented programs and ask for constructive feedback from employee especially new employees. Moreover, business and health experts should also assess the current workplace situation and give proper suggestions for further improvement.

Implementation Plan

1.1.This program provide protection to the victims of workplace harassment. This program also provides solution for overcoming the adversity by making people aware of the disadvantages of harassing employees.

1.2.To raise aware regarding the heath issue that an employee can face due to workplace harassments. The solution suggestion in the program also promotes and encourages participation of the stakeholders in workplace health and wellbeing.

1.3. The developed policies and testing programs applies to all employees covered under any of the various health and welfare issue mentioned in the policy.

All authorities are also available for the employee and respond to their concern

 EAP’s records will be maintained in a confidential manner and hence all employee should also keep their information confidential

2.All employee should read all the instruction prior to participate in EAP

Employees can also ask for clarification and queries related to the programs

Employees are requested to provide actual information regarding their health issues and discuss the problem without hiding any important details

Employees should also trust the experts and advisors and agree for all the tests occurred

They should also keep their data confidential

3.To identify the health issues of staff due to workplace harassment

To develop scope for the programs

Establishment of coordination and administration committee

To formulate documentation of the developed programs

To promote the EAP with employees and social media pages and channels of the organization

Appropriate budget for the implementation of the programs

To assess the obtained feedback from the participants for evaluating the effectiveness of the program

Objectives

To address all possible health issue generate from workplace harassment

To formulate policies to prevent harassment cases by responding to all the harassments cases

To measure the heath issue if victims and provide them healthcare programs

To assess the effectiveness of the formulated drug testing programs, training programs, gathering and formulation of the health issue

It is important for evaluating whether or not the implemented program is effective for overcoming the problem of workplace harassment. Program monitoring also allows organization to assess that the health issue of the employee. The longitudinal study also provides the opportunity to evaluate whether or not the total number of workplace harassment case reduced. Another important reason why the regular monitored is required is to measure the productivity and performance of the employee that contributes to the organization’s profitability.

Listed down all the obligatory program requirements for overcoming the adversity

Make a list of all the key people included and their responsibility

A separate list for all the resources allocates and budget for each resources

Listed down all the heath related programs, training programs and resource allocations

Every listed down aspects should be assessed weekly manner

Progress should be recorded in the remark section of all the listed down requirements

Regular feedback from the employees should also be taken to check the progress in them and programs

Regular update the progress with the authorizes of the organization and heath experts

Take their suggestions and implement the agreed suggestions for further improvement of the programs

7.1. Obligatory program requirements

1.1 Assessment of number of workplace harassment cases

1.2 Health issue observed in victims

1.3 regular health checkups

1.4 Drug testing programs ‘

1.5 Training programs

1.6 Official gathering

1.7 Exercise programs

Included key people

2.1 Health Inspector

2.2 Drug Analyst

2.3 Psychiatrist

2.4 Policy reformers

2.5 Managers (Program Manager, Human Resource)

3. Allocated resource with budget
4. Programs to be included

4.1 Heath related programs

4.2 Training programs

4.3 Additional resource to office premises

5. Feedback from employees
6. Suggestions from CEO and business and health experts

Evaluation Report

1.To reduce the health risk factor among the employee of the organization.

To include important key people for addressing health issue like BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol and alcoholic and smoking issues

To provide heath program to the employees throughout the year

To resolve the problem of the employee and enhance their work performance

Program responsibility

• Nina Evan is the coordinator of the health program and liable for conducting health, nutrition and wellbeing survey
• Seamus MacVille is the Operations Manager liable for assessing the employee wellbeing rates and their impact on organizational performance
• Sally Roberts is the Payroll Officer liable for preparing annual report highlighting the workplace injury incidences and proposed budget for the health programs
• Mary Belluci is the Business Manager of MacVille’s issue financial report and address the section for which the budget was passed.

Progress

• The progress was recorded in every aspect of the health programs. Initially only 15% ad availed the health assessments but later figure rise to 24% of staffs.
• The stress management class also attended by 20% of the employee initially but n the second class another 30% employee attended the class
• The most successful programs is the obesity reduction programs which is attended by 42% of the staffs initially
• The progress sis not witnessed for QUIT campaign and very few of them had attended this program

Program milestone

• Identify the health and wellbeing issues in the workplace
• Include management people and engage them for support
• Identify the scope and objective of the health programs
• Allocating the resource and responsibility to all the selected key people
• Proposed budget for implementing the set objectives
• Implement the proposed budget
• Measuring the effectiveness of the programs through number of staff attended the program
• Taking feedback from the employee regarding the effectiveness of the programs introduced

Evaluation outcome

• The total budget set for implementing the program raises compared to the proposed budget
• Half of the employee attended all the introduced programs
• Number of people availed for the medical coaches increased compare to initial stage
• Most of the people desire to stay fit and give time to attend the programs
• Some do not compromise their lunch time for attending these classes especially these, who only smoke cigarettes during their lunch time.

3. The feedback given by the employees revealed that most of the people do not went for morning walk classes as they do not have time to eat breakfast before reaching office. However, experts believed that this is due to lack of awareness.

Some employee, who desire to participate in the health programs does not attend due to huge travel time from office to home and hence they request for adjustment in the duty time.

Half of the participants enrolled for stress release programs

It is also found from the survey that most of the people do not compromise their lunch time for attending health classes

Most of the employee attends weight loss programs and very few staff enrolled for QUIT programs. The report also shows that a significant of the enrolled employee lost weight during the program.

All the programs should be illustrated in tabular form and numerical data should be used for repressing the final result. This will allow the organization to assess the actual effectiveness of the program

Employee should also be provided with brochures related to the health programs so that they can manage their work with the health programs.

These employee should also be provide with video tutorials related with the developed health programs so that they can see and learn from the develop tutorials while travelling to their home and can do the exercise in their home. Moreover, employee should also make aware of the adversity raised from health issues especially from smoking and alcohol. These awareness programs prior to health programs make the smokers to attend the health class.