Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions

In the contemporary modern and globalised world, it is common for the majority of employers to draw a great attention to the productivity of the workforce rather than the employees working capability and physical and mental conditions. Businesses and industries have always been striving towards ma...

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Main Authors:	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib, Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan, Hussain, Shahadat
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication 2018
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/1/tojdac_v080SSE380.pdf

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spelling	iium-669122018-10-22T08:15:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/ Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Hussain, Shahadat K Law (General) In the contemporary modern and globalised world, it is common for the majority of employers to draw a great attention to the productivity of the workforce rather than the employees working capability and physical and mental conditions. Businesses and industries have always been striving towards maximising profit and minimising the cost. As a result, employees of uncountable organisations suffer from the alarming occupational stress in catching up with the respective schedule of productions, shipments and services. The question arises here is that whether there should be some regulatory measures to relief the occupational stress of the workforce? Accordingly, this article examines the laws relating to the occupational safety and health in selected jurisdictions, namely, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand in order to evaluate whether these laws protect workers’ mental health. It is found that the existing legislations on occupational health and safety in the selected jurisdictions do not explicitly address on the emotional and mental health of employees. Therefore, authors propose that a specific legislation is warranted to regulate occupational stress closely and carefully in order to provide better work-life balance to the workforce. The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication 2018-08-24 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/1/tojdac_v080SSE380.pdf Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib and Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan and Hussain, Shahadat (2018) Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions. The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication (TOJDAC), September 2018 (Special Edition). pp. 3027-3039. ISSN 2146-5193 E-ISSN 2146-5193 http://www.tojdac.org/tojdac/VOLUME8-SPTMSPCL_files/tojdac_v080SSE380.pdf 10.7456/1080SSE/380
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description	In the contemporary modern and globalised world, it is common for the majority of employers to draw a great attention to the productivity of the workforce rather than the employees working capability and physical and mental conditions. Businesses and industries have always been striving towards maximising profit and minimising the cost. As a result, employees of uncountable organisations suffer from the alarming occupational stress in catching up with the respective schedule of productions, shipments and services. The question arises here is that whether there should be some regulatory measures to relief the occupational stress of the workforce? Accordingly, this article examines the laws relating to the occupational safety and health in selected jurisdictions, namely, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand in order to evaluate whether these laws protect workers’ mental health. It is found that the existing legislations on occupational health and safety in the selected jurisdictions do not explicitly address on the emotional and mental health of employees. Therefore, authors propose that a specific legislation is warranted to regulate occupational stress closely and carefully in order to provide better work-life balance to the workforce.
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author	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Hussain, Shahadat
author_facet	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Hussain, Shahadat
author_sort	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
title	Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions
title_short	Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions
title_full	Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions
title_fullStr	Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions
title_full_unstemmed	Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions
title_sort	occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions
publisher	The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66912/1/tojdac_v080SSE380.pdf
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Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions

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