SAFETY IN THE

WORKPLACE
What is a workplace?
A workplace is a location where someone
works, for their employer or themselves, a
place of employment. Such a place can
range from a home office to a large office
building or factory
 COMMON SAFETY
DEFINITIONS
UNSAFE ACTS UNSAFE SAFE
CONDITIONS WORKPLACE
Action or behavior
that you or a co- Anything you or a Control and
worker carries out co-worker finds Elimination of
that may be that is potentially recognizable
potentially harmful harmful hazards to minimize
the risk
 • SLIPS, TRIPS, and FALLS
Common Falls are the number one leading cause of injury
Safety Issues in the workplace. A major cause of falls in the
workplace is the use of improper lifting
techniques.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
It is a plan of actions to be conducted in a certain
order or manner, in response to a specific class of
reasonably foreseeable emergency, a situation that
poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or
the environment
FIRST AID
It refers to the emergency or immediate care you
should provide when a person is injured or ill until
full medical treatment is available. For minor
conditions, first aid care may be enough. For
serious problems, first aid care should be continued
until more advanced care becomes available
FIRE SAFETY
The best safety advice related to fire safety is to stay calm.
You can't help yourself or a co-worker if you lose control
during an emergency.

Move to designated Assembly point.

Use a fire extinguisher.

SAFETY IN THE
OFFICE
 Make sure that everyone else in your workplace is
Make aware of the problem.

When a
When a
potential
Notify your supervisor. Unless you are the
Notify
potential supervisor; then get going on that safety
committee plan.
hazard is
hazard is
discovered
discovered File File any reports or documents about the problem.
……
Follow up.
Telling someone there’s a problem is not a
Follow up guarantee that the problem will be resolved
satisfactorily
 Keep Keep the walkway clear.

Look Look before you sit.

Don’t read Don’t read while walking.

Don’t carry Don’t carry anything higher than your eye level.

Do not run Do not run, relax.

Refrain Refrain from putting anything atop cabinets.

Use Use the stairway handrails.

Use Use the elevator whenever necessary.

Watch Watch where you steps.

Don’t eat Don’t eat at your workstation and in front of your computer
Geometrical Form and Meaning of Safety Signs
Prohibition Signs
• Background: White – Symbol or
Wording: black.
• The safety colour red must appear
around the edge and in a
transverse bars and must cover at
least 35% of the surface of the
sign.
Warning, mandatory, emergency, and information
signs.
Background: Safety colour – Symbol or Wording:
Contrasting colour. A yellow triangle must have a
black edge. The safety colour must cover at least
50% of the surface of the sign

Additional signs.
Background: white – Wording: black
Or Background: Safety Colour – Wording:
Contrasting colour.

Symbols.
The design must be as simple as possible and
details not comprehension must be left out.
Yellow/Black Danger Identification
 REMEMBER YOUR
SAFETY ABC’S:
“ALWAYS BE CAREFUL"
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
AND RESPONSIBILITIES
LABOR CODE OF
THE PHILIPPINES
governs employment practices and labor
relations in the Philippines. It also identifies the rules
and standards regarding
employment such as pre-employment policies, labor
conditions, wage rate, work
hours, employee benefits, termination of employees, and
so on
LABOR CODE OF
THE PHILIPPINES
Under the regime of the President [Ferdinand
Marcos], it was promulgated in May 1, 1974 and
took effect November 1, 1974, six months after its
promulgation.
RIGHTS
- what are due to you according to the law.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- are actions that you must do.
In your workplace, there will be
procedures and policies based on
these laws, and it is your
responsibility to follow those
procedures.
CONTRACT OF
EMPLOYMENT
is an agreement between an employer and an
employee. Your rights and duties and those of your
employer are called the ‘Terms’
TERMS OF CONTRACT
• The statement must include:
- Pay, hours of work
- Holiday entitlement
- Sick pay arrangements

• Notice periods information about disciplinary

and grievance procedures

• You must adhere to the terms and conditions on

your contract of employment whether written or
verbal
WORKING
HOURS
48 HOUR RULE
Most workers should not have to work more
than an average of 48 hours a week. According
to the Working Time Regulations.

MEAL PERIOD
Subject to such regulations as the Secretary of
Labor may prescribe, it shall be the duty of every
employer to give his employees not less than
sixty (60) minutes time-off for their regular
meals.
REST DAYS
All employees have the right to have a 24
consecutive hours of rest day after every 6 days of
work. However, the employer may require an
employee to work during his/her rest day in cases of
emergencies, special circumstances at work in
which employees are
seriously needed, to prevent losses or damage to
any goods or to the employer, and other cases that
have reasonable grounds.
NIGHT SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL
AND OVERTIME
Employees are also given additional wages for working
in night shifts. The night shift starts from 10 o’clock in
the evening until 6 o’clock in the morning
SICK PAY RIGHTS
Sick leave (or paid sick days or sick pay) is paid time
off from work that workers can use to stay home to
address their health needs without losing pay. It differs
from paid vacation time or time off work to deal with
personal matters, because sick leave is intended for
health-related purposes. Sick leave can include a mental
health day and taking time away from work to go to a
scheduled doctor's appointment.
MATERNITY PAY
To help you to take time off work both before and after
you baby is born, you may be able to get Statutory
Maternity Pay (SMP), a weekly payment for your
employer
MINIMUM WAGE PAY
Minimum wage rates in the Philippines vary from
region to region, with boards established for each region
to monitor economic activity and adjust minimum
wages based on growth rates, nemployment rates, and
other factors
DISCIPLINARY
PROCEDURE
DISCIPLINARY
PROCEDURE
A disciplinary procedure is a process for dealing with
perceived employee misconduct. Organizations will typically
have a wide range of disciplinary procedures to invoke
depending on the severity of the transgression
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
1. Verbal Warning

2. Written Reprimand

3. Suspension

4. Termination
THANK YOU