#Occupational Health And Safety
Five bad HR habits and how to break them
As we head into the last stretch of the year before the holiday period, your HR focus is probably on the end of year festivities; ensuring employees are on their best behaviour from the boardroom to the bar. The new year is a great time to introduce new habits, or break old ones and as […]
Is your SMB prepared for emergency situations?
Failure to implement an emergency action plan in your business could lead to serious injuries and loss of life, plus severe penalties if there is an emergency situation or disaster. Here’s a sobering statistic: work-related injuries and disease cost the Australian economy about US $78 million per year. It’s therefore imperative that you comply with […]
Retail details: Store safety strategies for workers and customers
Being a business owner involves ensuring that the workspace provided for employees is safe at all times. When the business that is owned is some type of retail center, the responsibility for providing safety extends to protecting the consumer. A variety of safety hazards can arise in almost any situation, in ways that may not […]
New Workplace Health and Safety Laws – are you compliant?
Important new Workplace Health and Safety Laws commenced around Australia on 1 January 2012, and now almost six months on, businesses should take another look at the legislation and ensure they’re complying or risk fines of up to $3 million.
Businesses must heed new Work Health and Safety laws
Frontline managers could be prosecuted for Work Health and Safety (WHS) breaches under new harmonised laws coming into effect on 1 January 2012, an employment lawyer warns.
Employers failing to provide safe home working environments
Approximately 90 percent of local employees are working in unsafe environments, despite the fact employers have an obligation to provide a safe working environment whether at home or in the office.
Disasters see OHS and risk management overhaul
Following on from the natural disasters that struck Queensland earlier this year, over 50 percent of businesses now plan to review their OHS and risk management policies.
Misbehaving workers will test new OH&S laws
New laws under the forthcoming national Work Health and Safety Act will be a wake-up call for employers who believe their occupational health and safety policy will sufficiently cover workplace incidents.
Occupational Health and Safety obligations in the workplace
Do you know your Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) obligations about workplace safety training? Any idea what ignorance of OHS training obligations could cost you? And what it might cost employees, perhaps serious injury or even their lives? Here are the crucial OHS clauses. Employees have a legal right to be sufficiently trained to undertake […]
Occupational, Health and Safety review
Being up-to-date with occupational, health and safety (OHS) obligations is a must for all business owners, company directors, managers and supervisors. As the Federal Government begins a review of Australia’s OHS legislation, we tell you everything you need to know about OHS and keeping staff safe. Under OHS legislation you are obliged to provide: • Safe premises • Safe […]