Category: Safety

Australia’s New WHS Strategy

Safe Work Australia (the Australian Government’s statutory agency representing the interests of workers and employers to improve work health and safety [WHS])…

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Sorry, I can’t answer your email right now as I am having a work-life balance crisis…

International research has recently confirmed that after-hours contact from Management heightens employee stress levels. Now this probably isn’t ground-breaking news, but it is…

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Are you prepared for the new Psychosocial Code of Practice? Part 2

In the February edition of Insight, we explored the issues that PCBUs (persons conducting a business or undertaking) are now required to…

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Incident Investigations – Opportunities for Improvement and Learning

Without meaning to sound callous, workplace incidents can and should be seen as opportunities for system improvement and implementing a more robust…

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Who has access?

The issue of ‘access’ and ‘accessibility’ comes up in a number of the ISO Management Standards, and within a series of audit…

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Are you prepared for the new Psychosocial Code of Practice? Part 1

Employers in Australia have had quite a few years to get used to expectations around managing the physical aspects of workplace health…

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Does automation undermine workplace responsibility?

With automation having been introduced across most industries to some extent, there is little doubt that it has far-reaching benefits in reducing…

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How does your Safety Management System function when key staff are missing?

This is a pivotal question and one that is integral to the success of WHS management, as an organisation’s SMS should not…

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Technology Improving Safety

Cast your mind back 20 years to 2002. Before Apple invented the iPhone. Before Smart TVs and Netflix. Before Facebook. Before Uber…

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