id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ajeem-1044	N Munu; PA Owusu; R Kizza; AAhumuza; N Banadda; I Kabenge	Towards accident-free construction sites: The role of human resource management – A review	2017	13	.pdf	application/pdf	10116	637	53	Construction industry accidents have significant ongoing cost to employers, workers and society (Haslam et al., 2005). A quick summary of the discussions of the HRM practices, policies and processes in relation to construction industry accidents points out the following among others: (1) recruitment of safety manager(s) and establishing a safety committee, (2) timely payments and rewards, (3) assessment of rewards to include supervisor participatory involvement, safety talks given and number of injuries among crew members, (4) centralization and formalization of the recruitment process for all workers with employee retention focus, (5) insurance of employees against accidents, (6) standardized salary scale where employees are paid on guaranteed monthly basis not based on work load performed, (7) encouragement of standard working hours (for example eight hours per day), (8) discouragement of bonus pay and overtime works by lowering rates, (9) consideration of employee personality, capability, talent and injury history during recruitment, (10) creation and development of a company‘s own human resource base through frequent trainings and talks, (11) promoting seniority of workforce, and (12) avoiding on-the-job training but upholding regular safety trainings at places like training centers.	cache/ajeem-1044.pdf	txt/ajeem-1044.txt