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...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Proceeding Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
USA Passion Development Sdn. Bhd.
2018
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/68364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68364/1/68364_OCCUPATIONAL%20STRESS%20AND%20THE%20LAWS.pdf |
| _version_ | 1848786928726441984 |
|---|---|
| author | Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Hussain, Shahadat |
| author_facet | Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Hussain, Shahadat |
| author_sort | Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali |
| building | IIUM Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| 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 |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T17:16:50Z |
| format | Proceeding Paper |
| id | iium-68364 |
| institution | International Islamic University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T17:16:50Z |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publisher | USA Passion Development Sdn. Bhd. |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | iium-683642023-05-05T07:21:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68364/ Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Eishan 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 USA Passion Development Sdn. Bhd. 2018 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68364/1/68364_OCCUPATIONAL%20STRESS%20AND%20THE%20LAWS.pdf Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib and Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan and Hussain, Shahadat (2018) Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions. In: The 1st International Conference of Education, Law & Social Issues (ICELSI 2018) 15TH, 15th-16th Oct. 2018, Kuala Lumpur. https://www.usapassionpublication.com/icelsi-2018.html |
| spellingShingle | K Law (General) Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Hussain, Shahadat Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions |
| title | 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_short | Occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions |
| title_sort | occupational stress and the laws in selected jurisdictions |
| topic | K Law (General) |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/68364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68364/1/68364_OCCUPATIONAL%20STRESS%20AND%20THE%20LAWS.pdf |