‘Workplace safety should include the commute’

KOTA KINABALU: Employers should place more emphasis on improving the safety and health of its employees, especially when they commute to and from their workplaces, says the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

“While the cases of accidents at workplaces have seen a reduction over the last 10 years, commuting mishaps have increased.