by claire | Jan 24, 2016 | Work Health and Safety
The Fair Work Commission has supported a decision by Parmalat, a national dairy company, to sack one of its workers for being overweight. The worker was a forklift operator and his weight exceeded the maximum safety rating for the forklift he was required to operate....
by claire | Dec 11, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
I am often asked the purpose and difference between various risk management tools. Organisations with comprehensive health and safety management systems have a layered approach to risk management. At an organisational level, risks are documented...
by claire | Nov 29, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
Many organisations are concerned about the potential implications for ‘Officers’ under the proposed WHS legislation. These concerns particularly involve the fact that an individual can be held directly liable and prosecuted for not exercising ‘due diligence’ – a...
by claire | Oct 11, 2015 | News, Work Health and Safety
On 4th September 2015 WorkSafe WA announced an inspection program to look at manual task incidents in hospitals and residential care. “Inspectors will visit hospitals and residential care services to see how well incidents and injuries involving manual tasks and...
by claire | Aug 5, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
Often when delivering health and safety training to people working in the HR field I hear ‘What’s in it for me?’ In this day and age, the link between these two professions could not be more firmly bonded. In essence, HR involves people and systems to manage people....
by claire | May 13, 2015 | Work Health and Safety
A policy is an overarching document that details the organisations’ objectives and the broad strategies for achieving these. The primary policy should be the organisation’s WHS policy. If the organisation is seeking compliance with AS/NZS 4801...
