ABSTRACT
The study examined occupational health and safety as determinants of employees’ productivity, using NESTLE NIGERIA PLC, Agbara office as a case study.
The study employed descriptive survey research method as the research design.
A sample size of 220 respondents was selected applying purposive sampling method. Questionnaire was the major instrument used to collect data, the reliability co-efficient of the instrument was 0.86. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The data collected analyzed using percentage, frequency distribution tables and chi-square inferential statistics.
The findings showed that there is significant relationship between occupational health and employees’ productivity. Also, it was revealed that there exists no significant relationship between occupational safety and employees’ productivity.
Based on the findings, it was recommended among others things that employees should provide adequate health facilities in their factories. Also, employees are encouraged to comply with health and safety rules at workplace and that government on her part should endeavour to enforce labour laws concerning health and safety of workers.
Key words: Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Employees’ Productivity, Manufacturing Sector.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Labour is one of the vital resources required for high level productivity at both organizational and national level. Without labour, other factors of production like capital, machines and land may remain passive. This is so because it is labour that put other factors into effective use. Perhaps, this explains why labour is often held responsible for whatever goes wrong in the production process. Suffice it to say that without efficient labour, high level productivity particularly in the manufacturing sector may be elusive. It however requires a sound health and well safeguarded working environment to have an effective and efficient workforce that is highly productive and capable of accomplishing the corporate goals of organization.
In view of the central and critical role played by labour in the economic growth and survival of organizations. It becomes imperative for employer of labour especially in the organized private sector to ensure that the health and safety of their employees are given adequate attention.