Healthy Work Collaborative: a Step-by-Step Video Series

Healthy Work Collaborative: a Step-by-Step Video Series

The University of Illinois Chicago Center for Healthy Work aims to share a variety of resources to build awareness and knowledge to academics, employers, policymakers, and workers to help establish and maintain the belief that all workers deserve healthy work.The Healthy Work Collaborative Step-by-Step Videos promote collaborative approaches to advancing worker health by helping organizations:

Develop a shared understanding of precarious work and pathways to healthier work
Explore how policy, systems, and environmental changes can improve health in the context of precarious work
For support implementing any of the Healthy Work Collaborative tools within your own organizations, contact us at healthywork@uic.edu.

Workplace Violence and the Importance of Policies

Workplace Violence and the Importance of Policies

Workplace violence can occur in any workplace, yet there are no federal laws protecting workers. This leaves states and individual organizations to create their own plans and protections to keep workers safe. A workplace violence prevention plan can support employers and employees in managing, responding, and preventing actual and potential violent situations.