COVID-19 Due Diligence for Officers
Safe Work Australia has useful information on their website about effectively managing the risk COVID-19 and what Officers need to do to...
Clear Communication and Understanding is Vital for Safety
It is well known amongst Safety people, supervisors and managers that it is the duty of every business to provide information,...
PCBU Interaction with HSRs and Health & Safety Committee
Our WHS article last week dealt with the benefits of consultation and the mandatory consultation requirements in sections 46 to 49 in the...
How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation Part 2
Our WHS article last week, How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation, suggested an easy way to review the state of consultation in yo
YSM 136 - A WHS Risks Check
Here is a list that could help workers such as HSRs, Committee members, Managers and Supervisors, to identify WHS matters in their area...
How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation Part 1
Would you like to improve the effectiveness of WHS consultation in your workplace? Or perhaps you want to be sure that mandatory...
Tragic Lessons in Work Health & Safety
When a fatality occurs in a workplace it obviously becomes a focus of investigation to discover why it happened. And when it involves the...
Do PCBUs have to Train their
Managers & Supervisors in WHS?
PCBUs need to rely on their Managers, Supervisors and/or Team Leaders to carry out those actions that will help the PCBU to achieve...
Has Your HSRs’ or Committee Members’
Term of Office Expired?
It is just over 6 years ago that the NSW WHS Act came into force. Since then, HSRs and Committee members have been elected under the...
Suggestions for Health & Safety Committee Members
All Health and Safety Committees have Management Representatives. Some Committees have; only HSRs representing the workers, and some...
What WHS Consultation Courses
can Managers and Supervisors Attend?
We often receive questions about what WHS consultation training is available for: a) Management Representatives on Health & Safety...
Why Managers and Supervisors Have a Vital Role in WHS Compliance
As you know duty holders in a workplace are all interdependent to some degree on what the other duty holders do. This article deals with...
YSM 134 - Using Consultation to Resolve WHS Problems
You may find these steps useful in obtaining the agreement of all parties when you have a WHS problem in your workplace. Step1 - Identify...
