Safety and Security

Do employed individuals feel safe at work? Do they know their rights?

Do employed individuals feel that they can bring their whole self to the workplace?

Physical

• Percentage of employed persons who are exposed to physical health risk factors at work, by role, demographics and trends

• Rate of fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries for employed persons, by role, demographics and trends

• Percentage of persons who have been victims of physical, psychological or sexual violence in relation to their employment by role, demographics, and trends

• Number of safety incidents annually

• Legal/compliance costs and trends

• Rates of occupational diseases

Mental/Emotional

• Percentage of employed persons who have been victims of discrimination at work, disaggregated by role/function and demographics

• Percentage of employed persons who are exposed to mental well-being risk factors at work

• Percentage of leave requests related to mental or emotional health, if tracked

Do employed individuals feel that they can voice concerns to someone they trust?

Physical

• Grievance/complaint severity and frequency trends related to physical safety

Mental/Emotional

• Employee assistance program (or related support) usage rates

• Existence of antidiscrimination, harassment and profiling policies as well as frequency of training

• Grievance/complaint severity and frequency trends related to mental/emotional safety

Overall

• Existence of supervisor training, frequency and percentage of compliance with completion

Do employed individuals believe they will keep their job if they perform well—that they will not be laid off?

Structural

• Percentage of employed persons aged 18 years or over whose number of years of tenure at the current job or with the current employer is <1 year, 1 to less than 5 years, 5 to less than 10 years, and (4) ≥10 years
• Percentage of employed persons whose job is at risk due to strategy shift, downsizing, acquisition, etc. over next six months
• Layoffs in the last five years and percentage of workforce they account for

Are employees correctly classified?

Structural

• Percentage of employed persons employed via a temporary employment agency or temporary contract
• Percentage of employed persons without formal contracts or without pay slip

What impact will the intervention have on the individual? Are there any unintended consequences or disparate impacts?

What inequities are present, both current and over time (trends)?

Overall

• Demographic gaps in safety and security

• Increase/number of individuals with workplace safety and security as a result of intervention (intervention may be an effort on the part of workforce entity or employer change)

• Increase/percentage of funds allocated to roles/programs/organizations with workplace safety and security as a result of intervention (intervention may be an effort on the part of workforce entity or employer change)

• Increase/percentage or number of individuals educated about the importance of workplace safety and security (intervention may be an effort on the part of workforce entity or employer change)

• Variance in success outcomes (time to placement, wages, etc.) for individuals requiring or prioritizing safety and security vs. those who do not (at various points in time)

• Safety- and security-related employee satisfaction trends by role or function and demographics