Malaysia is a multi-religious and multi ethnic country\nwith 33 million populations. Around 68.7% of its total population represent the\ncountry\u2019s major labour workforce industry. That means, more than half of its\npopulation are adult workers who contribute to the country\u2019s gross income generation\nand revenues. In fact, human resource still stands as a main resource of income\nand financial revenue for the country. Considering the major and significant\ncontribution of human resource to the country, it is no doubt that the welfare\nand needs of this specific group of population should be given adequate and\ngreat concern by the respected stakeholders, especially by the related\ngovernment agencies, human resource department, profit making employers and\ntheir employees, as well as by the labour group organizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When\nit comes to Islamic understanding of work, Muslims are always being taught that\nwork is part of ibadah<\/em> and sacred\nduty as long it is done with the intention of obtaining God\u2019s pleasure and\npromote goodness, avoid harm and bad deeds. Doing good jobs should always be\npart of a Muslim\u2019s mind-set and behaviour. Exemplifying good practices in any\norganization can be shown by respecting and treating other co-workers with good\ntreatment and always without any discrimination. It is accepted that unhelpful\nand discriminated treatment in the work place setting is considered a hazard\nthat could likely lead to fatigue syndrome among workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Literally,\nfatigue is a general term that is always used to describe feeling of tiredness\nand exhaustion. Operationally, fatigue and tiredness represent a specific\ncondition of low energy and lethargy related to having little amount of, or\ndepleted physical and body resources, for a specific period of time. Generally\nit is related to low level of energy after having long hour energy consumption\nor due to discrete strenuous activities. Although tiredness and fatigue are\nused interchangeably to describe a condition, the two terms somehow technically\nand operationally have very different and specific definition attached to them.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is so true that tiredness\nand fatigue are by-products of an activity, in contrast, fatigue is defined as\na more disabling and incapacitating chronic medical condition and rather\nrepresenting a medical and psychological phenomenon. As a medical condition,\nfatigue may result from co-existing medical conditions, auto immune system\ndiseases, or a complication of certain drug interactions. One of this example\nis, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, fatigue has been confirmed as a complication\nof the disease long after someone inflicted has recovered from the illness. Meanwhile,\npsychologically, it may occur as a pathological reaction to mental and physical\nstress and illness that finally induces detrimental mind-body health\nimplications and reactions. In this context, one of the examples is burn-out\nsyndrome that has been implicated as one of the contributing factors in chronic\nfatigue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a modern world like today,\nwork and fatigue go hand in hand. In fact, fatigue is a significant problem in\nmodern industry as workers are working in a very competitive and demanding job\nenvironment, getting not enough rest that results in accumulative sleep debts,\nor having multiple jobs or doing long hours of multi-tasking job demanding\nactivities, while intriguing and contemplating with concurrent psychosocial\nworkplace hazards. In the long run, this hampers individual functioning, as it\naffects physically so badly, disrupting one\u2019s circadian biologic clock and body\nrhythm as getting enough sleep and rest is considered no more acceptable or\nmore or less immoral, and no more a priority in this modern life society. In\nthe end, all of these conditions bring negative implications, to the workers\nthemselves, their family, and to the company productivities, that later on\ninduce workplace health, safety issues and concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In general, fatigue is a\nrisk factor for any individual worker at all levels of any organization without\none realizing it. However, the impact it poses may bring the company and\norganization down, exacerbates more communication breakdown and increasing\nrelationship fall-outs. It will leave everyone feeling confused on what has\nhappened. By this time, it is already too late. Everyone will start blaming\neach other which finally leaves them in despair and guilt. The worst thing is\nthe economic impact due to productivity loss, absenteeism, or presenteeism, and\nsuperfluous health benefit reimbursements that occur as a result of chronic\nfatigue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The most crippling and\ndisabling signs of someone affected by this condition could be described as\nhaving numbers of musculoskeletal and joint pain and discomfort, mental and\nphysical stress, having burnout syndrome with demotivated feeling of\nprofessional incompetence, bad quality of performance and delivering services,\ndropouts and long term indefinite sickness absence, having feeling of\nemotionally and socially alienated and accidents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is a matter of fact that\nfatigue syndrome has been recognized as a real medical problem and illness that\nexists among workers as early as in 1969 by World Health Organization. However,\nillness recognition, prevention and interventions are always among the major hindering\nissues faced by organizations and even worst this condition is always\nmisperceived and misconstrued as attitude or disciplinary issues. In the end,\nthe company may lose a number of productivity and unnecessary health\ncompensation for issues that could have been recognized and saved in the first\nplace. Lack of skilled and trained personnel, scarcity of knowledge and\ninadequate information in handling related health and safety issues by the\norganization are among the most identifiable contributing factors. Based on the\ncost effectiveness model of management standard in place, serious involvement\nby the company is therefore warranted as the saying goes prevention is better\nthan cure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Malaysia is a multi-religious and multi ethnic country with 33 million populations. 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