
Would You Like More Benefits From WHS Consultation in Your Workplace?
The WHS duty to consult with workers and others in your workplace is based on the recognition that their input, participation,...

The Power of Surveying WHS in Your Workplace
Safe Work Australia has a WHS survey on their website which they commissioned that is a good example of a survey that you could find...

Improving Worker Involvement in WHS Compliance
Using the Effective Consultation Checklist we provided with our article last week is an excellent way to improve involvement of workers...

How to Improve Health & Safety in Your Work Environment
All workplaces have a physical work environment that includes matters such as; workspace, floors, lighting, and ventilation. And all...

Providing and Maintaining Safe Systems of Work
This article explores the steps that could be taken in every workplace to help eliminate risk factors such as the ones below that...

First WHS Conviction For Not Consulting with Other Duty Holders
In a workplace the focus of consultation attention is usually on consulting with workers – section 47 WHS Act. However in May 2016 a PCBU...

Verifying Three Key First Aid Requirements in Your Workplace
When determining the first aid requirements of your workplace you are required to use a risk management approach (Clause 42, WHS...

Your First Aid Procedures: Do They Match the Code of Practice
This article provides key points from the First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice that you can check off against your first aid...

WHS Winning Actions
As you know maintaining a safe and healthy workplace requires vigilant attention and action. And there are a number of pressing reasons...

Avoid WHS Prosecution by SafeWork NSW
Safework NSW does not automatically prosecute every breach of WHS legislation. It is one of the options available to them. This article...

$945,000 Undertaking Stops WHS Prosecution
Recently a PCBU managed to avoid prosecution by their WHS Regulator even though one of the PCBU's workers was killed at work. But in this...

Warning: A Possible Costly Consultation Error
You probably have an up-to-date list of your HSRs or H & S Committee members. And the list is probably on your workplace notice board or...

A WHS Management Tool for Managers & Supervisors
An effective WHS management system is obviously vital for health and safety in any workplace. When it is not functioning effectively,...