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On this page you will find all of our WHS articles and issues of ‘Your Safety Matters’ organised in a blog format. You can search for an entry by looking through the archives or selecting a subject tag.

How to ensure workers comply with their Duty of Care

September 29, 2014

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The Chain of WHS Responsibilities in a Workplace

The key duty holders in a workplace who are responsible for having a safe and healthy workplace are;

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What Managers and Supervisors Need to do about WHS Risk Management

September 25, 2014

What is Work Health and Safety Risk Management?

WHS Risk Management is the systematic process of;

identifying hazards
assessing the risks...

How can you keep your workers safe?

September 9, 2014

Managers and Supervisors have to deal with this issue every day in their workplace – keeping the employees and others in their area of responsibility...

12 New NSW Codes of Practice

August 18, 2014

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A Good Time to Review Your “Systems of Work” and Risk Control Measures?

On the 18th of July, WorkCover NSW approved and released 12 new Codes of Prac...

When Consultation is Required

August 11, 2014

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A safe and healthy workplace is easier to achieve when workers are consulted and involved. That is why consultation is mandatory under the WHS Act (s...

What Managers & Supervisors Must Do in WHS Consultation with Workers

July 14, 2014

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Consultation is a 2 way process between you and your workers where you;

Talk to each other about health & safety matters
Listen to their conc...

Preventing Workplace Bullying

July 3, 2014

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A recent court case about workplace bullying that brought great distress and ill health to the bullied employee is a graphic example of what can go w...

YSM 111 - Workplace Stress

June 25, 2014

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Hazards that cause stress may not be as obvious as other hazards, but achieving a safe and healthy workplace requires that you identify and control a...

Bullying and Reasonable Management Action

June 24, 2014

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The majority (72.2%) of all the antibullying applications to the Fair Work Commission in the first 3 months of 2014 were about bullying by Managers.

S...

Four Steps to Achieve Effective Consultation for Managers and Supervisors

June 24, 2014

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Managers and Supervisors do have a very important role to play in helping to achieve compliance with WHS legal requirements and a safe and healthy wo...

YSM 110 - Solving WHS Problems through Consultation

June 24, 2014

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You may find these steps useful in obtaining the
agreement of all parties when you have a WHS problem.

Step 1 - Identify the problem and why it is a p...

YSM 109 - Managing Workplace Health & Safety

June 9, 2014

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Every organisation needs to manage workplace health and safety and work towards improving the results they achieve. Here is a list that might help yo...

Why Managers and Supervisors Have a Vital Role in WHS Compliance

June 5, 2014

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Duty holders in a workplace are all interdependent to some degree on what the other duty holders do. This article deals with why the PCBU (Person Con...

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The Key Points of “Must Do” Risk Management

February 5, 2020

Minimise WHS Risk to Minimise Financial Loss

November 19, 2019

How to Maintain and Review WHS Risk Controls

November 5, 2019

How to Minimise WHS Risks in Your Workplace

October 29, 2019

Which is Best? Onsite or Public WHS Training?

October 22, 2019

Using Realistic WHS Targets & Consultation for a Safe & Heal...

October 8, 2019

How to Help Prevent Injuries in Your Workplace

September 24, 2019

The Best Way to Set Up Work Groups for Consultation with Wor...

September 17, 2019

Changes in Two Important WHS Codes of Practice Updated by Sa...

September 10, 2019

The Benefits of Training the Chairperson of a Health & Safet...

August 26, 2019

Preventing Workplace Injuries

August 19, 2019

What is a Safety Champion?

August 14, 2019

Successful Health & Safety Committee Chairpersons

July 29, 2019

A Lack of Adequate Supervision Cost $588,000

July 16, 2019

What is the “Adequate Number of Trained First Aiders”?

July 9, 2019

Manual Handling: Hazardous Manual Tasks - Are They in Your...

July 1, 2019

Does Your Workplace Have Gaps in WHS Compliance?

June 4, 2019

The Values of HSRs and Health & Safety Committee Members

May 27, 2019

SIRA’s Competency Requirements for RTW Coordinators

May 21, 2019

Will There Be a 50% Increase in WHS Penalty Levels?

May 14, 2019

Where Do Manual Task Injuries Come From?

May 7, 2019

DYS Issue 65 - May 2019

April 30, 2019

Officer Ordered to Have Due Diligence Training

April 16, 2019

How to Review WHS Risk Controls

March 25, 2019

How to Comply with WHS Consultation Requirements

March 4, 2019

WHS Training: What Training?

February 19, 2019

Working with a SafeWork NSW Inspector

February 12, 2019

How to Ensure that WHS Risk Controls Remain Effective

January 14, 2019

Courtenell’s Public 1-day Effective Health and Safety Commi...

December 8, 2018

“Reasonably Practicable” Fried Onions at Bunnings

November 22, 2018

How to Avoid a WHS Disaster Do Everything “Reasonably Practi...

November 15, 2018

Return to Work National Survey Outcomes Summary

November 8, 2018

DYS Issue 64 - November 2018

October 30, 2018

The Focus of WHS Training For Supervisors

October 16, 2018

Your Wish List About Supervisor WHS Responsibilities & Funct...

October 9, 2018

DYS Issue 63 - October 2018

October 4, 2018

October – The Benefits of Safe Work Month

October 1, 2018

Changes to the SIRA Training Requirement for Return to Work...

September 18, 2018

What is a “Reasonably Foreseeable Hazard”? - Part 2

September 12, 2018

What is a “Reasonably Foreseeable Hazard”? - Part 1

September 5, 2018

What or Who is a PCBU?

August 13, 2018

A WHS Tool to Help Identify Areas of Concern

August 6, 2018

DYS Issue 62 - August 2018

August 2, 2018

PCBU Interaction with HSRs and Health & Safety Committee

July 30, 2018

How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation Part 2

July 24, 2018

YSM 136 - A WHS Risks Check

July 18, 2018

How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation Part 1

July 16, 2018

Tragic Lessons in Work Health & Safety

July 9, 2018

Do PCBUs have to Train their Managers & Supervisors in WHS?

June 25, 2018

Has Your HSRs’ or Committee Members’ Term of Office Expired?

June 19, 2018

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Work Health and Safety Articles

How to ensure workers comply with their Duty of Care

What Managers and Supervisors Need to do about WHS Risk Management

How can you keep your workers safe?

12 New NSW Codes of Practice

When Consultation is Required

What Managers & Supervisors Must Do in WHS Consultation with Workers

Preventing Workplace Bullying

YSM 111 - Workplace Stress

Bullying and Reasonable Management Action

Four Steps to Achieve Effective Consultation for Managers and Supervisors

YSM 110 - Solving WHS Problems through Consultation

YSM 109 - Managing Workplace Health & Safety

Why Managers and Supervisors Have a Vital Role in WHS Compliance

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