Employee Onboarding

This April, we are focusing on onboarding. You might think about the Human Resources aspect of

onboarding, like payroll and The Employment Standards Act, but what about safety? How does your

organization account for health and safety in your onboarding process?

Your organization should have some onboarding procedure in place. How else will you ensure all new

employees receive the information needed to transition into their new role successfully? An effective

onboarding program builds a strong foundational knowledge of your organization’s policies,

procedures, and expectations.

Effective onboarding not only increases employee engagement, retention, and productivity, it’s a

great opportunity to demonstrate your organization’s safety culture. The safety culture shows the

newly hired employee your organization’s beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of health and safety.

For example, an engaged safety culture would regularly report near misses, where an organization

without a strong safety culture may discourage reporting altogether.

Just like any efforts made in health and safety, you should always evaluate your program. This is true

for onboarding as well. Ensure you review (and update as we know things change all the time!) your

onboarding processes and procedures. Ask employees as they are likely the most knowledgeable

about what is working with your onboarding processes, and what needs improvement, like what areas

need more information or if the formatting could be more effective. Ask employees who are relatively

new to your organization what their thoughts on their onboarding experience were and consider

having an experienced employee review the onboarding

material to ensure it is accurate and useful.

If you have an existing onboarding process, but want to bring it into the digital age, consider the All-In-One feature on Systems 24-7. Email us at support@systems24-7.com to learn more about how we can help!