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Presented by Ben Carnell (Head of Client Solutions, Sentis) What’s covered? Transforming safety culture is a big job. Cultures can take years to turn around and only do so with targeted focus and investment by leaders. Executive alignment and commitment both in principle and in practice are required. But how do you build the caseRead more

A trial of a four-day working week has launched in the UK in a bid to measure whether employees who work less are more productive and have better mental health and wellbeing. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shift the global work model, potentially for good, there have been increased talks surrounding the benefits ofRead more

Organisations are currently facing dynamic challenges when it comes to regulations, reporting and vaccination requirements in relation to Covid-19. Human Resource Management and HSE Professionals are integrating two myosh modules to help streamline these processes and facilitate real time reports. The Covid-19 Vaccination Register The Covid-19 register allows you to keep track of your employeesRead more

Presented by Kelvin Genn (Managing Director, Art of Work) What’s covered? The webinar will explore the techniques to harness real-time worker experience, and through these techniques engage workers insights. The session will explore how subject matter experts can harness these insights into the design of work methods that reduce the gap between work as doneRead more

New protocols have been released for when WA is in a high caseload environment, including updates to the definition of a close contact and testing and isolation protocols. When WA reaches a high caseload environment will be based on the State’s epidemiological and outbreak response, and subject to the latest health advice. Once a highRead more

Article written by Kyle Scott and Claudia Simmons for Australian Business Lawyers and Advisors There has been a lot said and written over the last 2 years on the topic of COVID-19 and mandatory vaccination, and in particular an employer’s right to issue reasonable and lawful directions to employees to be vaccinated.  However, two yearsRead more

OSHA announced its preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2021 in October. OSHA publishes this list to alert employers about these commonly cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix recognized hazards addressed in these and other standards before OSHA shows up. Fall Protection (1926.501) remainsRead more

IOSH has urged employers to continually review their OSH measures and ensure they are ‘proportionate and fit for purpose’ after Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its annual figures for work-related ill-health, injury and enforcement, which highlight the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on British workers’ health. In recent years, prior to the coronavirus pandemic,Read more

SafeWork NSW has launched its ‘Work Health and Safety Guide for the Road Freight Transport Industry’ to help keep thousands of workers and the community safe. SafeWork NSW Executive Director of Compliance and Dispute Resolution, Tony Williams, said the Guide was developed following extensive consultation with key industry stakeholders including transport industry groups, unions, TransportRead more

Critical Control Management (CCM) is an internationally recognised approach for organisations to improve the management of potentially fatal and material unwanted events (MUE). Is a CCM program relevant for you? Are your metrics driving the right behaviour? Are you overly reliant on injury statistics? Are you focused on quantity of activity, rather than quality ofRead more