Work Health and Safety at Navitas Professional Services

Race. Religion. Disability. Pregnancy. Sexual Orientation. During the recruitment process as well as throughout the employment, it is illegal for the employers in Australia to discriminate against an employee based on these and other personal qualities or attributes.   Nevertheless, workplace discrimination is a real and pressing issue, and candidates get their applications sidelined or overlooked due to these factors all the time.  TYPES OF WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION 1. Discrimination based on Gender 2. Discrimination based on Age 3. Discrimination based on Ethnicity or Race. 4. Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation.  5. Discrimination based on Disability.  6. Discrimination based on Politics.  7. Discrimination based on Immigration status.  PERSONAL EXPERIENCE During the recruitment process, I had cleared the initial rounds and assessments, I just had the final interview to go through. My skills and knowledge were a perfect match for the company. ...

  Employees have been investing on their technical skills, degrees, and acquiring great grades. While it is great to invest the time and effort on the technical or hard skills, equally important are the employability skills that will help get a job, maintain a job and successfully add value to any company and eventually help with career growth.     Employability skills are sometimes called soft skills, foundational skills, essential skills, work-readiness skills, or job-readiness skills. Employability skills refer to a set of transferable skills and key personal attributes which are highly valued by employers and essential for effective performance in the workplace behaviors.   Employers value employability skills because they are linked to how you get along with coworkers and customers, your job performance, and your career success. Those skills allow you to communicate with coworkers, solve problems, understand your role within the team, make responsible choic...

  Workplace related stress is globally recognized as a major challenge for the workplace. It is a health and safety hazard with serious and long-term consequences on the health and well-being of the employees and productivity of the organization. Work-related stress is considered to be the second most commonly compensated injury/illness in Australia. Work-related stress can be caused due to a number of reasons. What one employee considers a challenge in the workplace, can be stressful for another employee. Thus, it is essential for the organization to recognize and prevent work stress. Contributing factors to work-place stress -Organizational Culture. - Ineffective Management practices. - Job demands.  - Physical Work Environment. - Relationships at the workplace.  - Lack of support and guidance from Supervisors/Managers.  - Trauma. - Harassment, Discrimination and Bullying. - Lack of Proper Resources and Promotional Opportunities. - Over-supervision and micro-managi...

 Every employee deserves a safe working environment. Because of this health and safety procedures are an integral part of Navitas Professional. Navitas works had to ensure that the day to day life at work is smooth for all the employees and as well as its clients. Following are the safety essentials that make Navitas different from its competitors:  Risk Assessments  As per the law, Navitas conducts regular risk assessments and incident training to ensure that the potential hazards at the workplace are eliminated. Regular risk assessments has led to the finding long term solutions to issues/problems that pose the most risk to the employees, such as preventing slips or falls.  Sufficient Workplace Lighting Good lighting at Navitas Professional is the key factor to employee/client safety. In places where natural lights cannot reach, florescent lights are used.  Fire Safety Protocol At Navitas Professional, regular fire risk assessments are conducted. These assessm...