New Psychosocial Responsibilities for Business Owners and Company Directors
On the 1st of October 2022 four new additions to the NSW WHS Regulation 2017 occurred. These were all to do with psychosocial risk managemen
Working From Home
Weekly WHS Article 23rd August 2022 The last three years have seen major changes in how businesses conduct their operations in Australia....
Non-physical risks must be handled the same as physical risks
The new Laws on psychosocial hazards and risks tell us that non-physical risks and hazards must be handled the same way as physical...
Employer found not guilty of workplace bullying
In Robertson v State of Queensland [2020] QDC 185 a nurse working at Gold Coast Hospital made a claim for damages alleging she suffered...
Workers have WHS duties too
Workers have health and safety duties such as being responsible for their own health and safety and taking care around the people ...
Minimising WHS Risks –What Does Reasonably Practicable Mean?
Weekly WHS Article 18th January 2022 The most important actions in managing WHS risks in your workplace involves eliminating risks so far...
Toolbox Talks: A Closer Look at Workplace Communication
Toolbox talks are short, informal safety meetings that take place in the workplace. They reinforce safety protocols and encourage safe...
Preventing Workplace Injuries
Two recent (2019) WHS prosecutions in NSW were based on WHS failures that quite commonly result in serious injuries to workers. This...
What is a Safety Champion?
A Safety Champion is a person who works with the organisation’s health and safety system to set a good example, and to encourage and ...
Manual Handling: Hazardous Manual Tasks - Are They in Your Workplace?
This article was published in 2018 The good news is that major manual handling injuries in NSW dropped 3%, from 29% in 2015-16 to 26% in...
Running effective HSCs - Solutions to common problems
The effectiveness of health and safety committees depends on the commitment, knowledge, and individual areas of expertise of their...
Two questions regarding WHS consultation
We often get questions from clients about what they have to do to comply with WHS consultation requirements. Two common questions are...
WHS Training for new people
The answers to this question are not always obvious. The main places to look for the answers are in the Work Health and Safety Act (WHS Act)