Achieving Compliance with WHS Legal Requirements
Weekly WHS Article 23rd June 2021 On the 1st of July we will be in a new financial year – the 2022 financial year. Your organisation has...
Should You Create and Keep Records of WHS Consultation?
Weekly WHS Article 15th June 2021 Must or Should If the WHS Act or WHS Regulation says you must create a document record of consultation...
Managers Can Get Gains on SafeWork NSW HSR Courses
Weekly WHS Article 8th June 2021 It’s not just managers who can attend and get gains on HSR courses. Supervisors and others can also...
The Awesome Potential of a Health & Safety Committee
Weekly WHS Article 2nd June 2021 Who can be Members of a Health & Safety Committee? In NSW workplaces it is now quite common to find one...
“The Most Common Workplace Injuries Across Australia”
Weekly WHS Article 26th May 2021 What are the most common workplace injuries across Australia? As explained at page 5 of the SafeWork NSW...
Keeping Your Workplace Safe & Healthy
Weekly WHS Article 20th May 2021 The PCBU’s Duty of Care The WHS Act (Section 19) requires that the PCBU must ensure as far as reasonably...
DYS Issue 73 - May 2021
NSW Premier Announces New Bullying & Harassment Protections The NSW Premier Ms Berejiklian has announced in a media release on the 28th...
Albert Einstein + WHS = ?
Weekly WHS Article 19th April 2021 Albert Einstein is regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and the father of...
Why Managers & Supervisors Must Consult
Weekly WHS Article 13th April 2021 Managers and Supervisors have an important part to play in WHS consultation with workers because; If...
Provide Workers with Information, Training, Instruction, & Supervision
The NSW Code of Practice: How to Manage Health & Safety Risks, has very useful guidance that you can use to compare with the actions that...
Provide & Maintain Safe Systems of Work
The WHS Act 2011 requires that PCBUs must provide and maintain safe systems of work for their workers (Section19 (3)(c). However quite...
Identifying Weak Spots in Your Work Health & Safety Management System
Apparently, beginning in February 2021, SafeWork NSW has been visiting a number of Councils in Sydney to check the soundness of each...
DYS Issue 72 - Mar 2021
New SafeWork Service Standards for Handling Workplace Incidents SafeWork NSW has released a new service standard for handling workplace...
How to Avoid Having to Pay an Increased WHS Penalty.
This article is a follow-on of our article last week, Continuing Increases in $ Costs of WHS Penalties. The potential for continuing...