Manufacturing environment.

Our current employee bonus scheme is centered around both inventory and on time delivery metrics. Both of which many functions feel they cannot directly influence or contribute towards achieving our monthly goal and get a bonus (small monetary payment for each metric - Max achievable is £60 per month)

We are thinking of a change, using new metrics, ones that the business feels are the most significant and important to us, at the heart of the bonus scheme, things like Quality & H&S. The feedback from employees is that they will have a more sense of contributing to these metrics and therefore giving them more control over whether they achieve a monthly bonus.

I know that we will need to tread carefully about incentivising H&S performance. I am not considering incentivising departments that do not sustain any lost time accidents etc as I believe this could increase under reporting and such like.....Also with things like near miss reporting, we may find that extremely trivial items will be reported to achieve a monthly goal/target so need to be imaginative.

I am wondering whether any one has had success in using specific and measurable H&S performance parameters, which a bonus is payable where a goal has been set.

My initial thoughts are along the lines of "% of health and safety actions items completed on time each month" seting say a target of 90%. This would be proactive and perhaps ensure more accountability for completing actions that we feel are necessary to improve both behaviours and conditions on the floor.

would welcome any advice out there...many thanks
John