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Human Consequences are the Ultimate WHS Penalty
Weekly WHS Article 25th May 2023 Work Health and Safety compliance is not, for most businesses, “penalty-driven” in reality. [1] The...
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Common Psychosocial Hazards at Work
Weekly WHS Article 9th February 2023 The NSW WHS Regulation (subclause 55A) defines psychosocial hazard as; “A psychosocial hazard is a...
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Not only are WHS duties “not transferrable” …
Not Only are WHS Duties “Not Transferrable” … but it is also illegal to subcontract out WHS duties too!
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Provide Information, Training, Instruction, and Supervision
The NSW Code of Practice: How to Manage Health & Safety Risks, has very useful guidance that you can use to compare with the actions ....
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Doing a gap analysis may save you from prosecution
In the unfortunate event of there being an WHS incident in your workplace, SafeWork NSW may come out to investigate. When SafeWork NSW...
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“Reasonably Practicable” ... Fried Onions at Bunnings
In 2018 several media outlets ran a story about how Bunnings had changed the way its iconic sausage and bread delicacy could be...
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When is a Risk Assessment Not Necessary?
It is well known that assessing the risks of a hazard is an important step in the process of managing risks to health and safety in a...
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Falls from Heights - lessons learned
On the 10th of December 2015 Safework NSW published a media release with preliminary findings about why a window cleaner’s cradle with ....