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What is the Health and Safety at Work Act of 2015

WEBThe Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) is New Zealand's most prominent labour health and safety law. The legislation came into effect after the Independent Task Force …

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Informed Health and Safety: Measuring More Than Just Incidents

WEBAlternatively, contact the team at Working Wise to learn more about our Informed Health and Safety Metrics offering. Our framework guides organisations along a pathway to …

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How to Achieve Good Health and Safety Governance

WEBGood Health and Safety Governance. The core elements to good governance is commitment and leadership. Moreover, ‘informed leadership’ is required for successful …

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What to Watch for When Monitoring Workers’ Health

WEBCommon indicators used to monitor health risks include: level of absenteeism. number of personal grievances. employee perception and satisfaction of management. average …

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Health & Safety Support and Consultancy

WEBThe Working Wise review tool measures compliance against best practice and current health and safety legislation and is based on AS/NZS 4801:2001 and the new AS/NZS …

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Why You Need a Comprehensive Health and Safety Plan

WEB5 reasons for developing a health and safety plan: 1. Compliance – Every business needs to be compliant in order to operate. In the HSWA2015, a business has a primary duty of …

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Leading a Healthy Workplace Culture

WEBFor more information on leading a healthy workplace culture, contact us on 04 499 0710 or fill out our online contact form. As employers, we do our best to prevent harm and …

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Tips for Effective Health and Safety Inductions

WEBPrioritising health and safety inductions in the workplace is essential to protecting new workers from harm. Unless a worker is aware of the hazards associated with their role …

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The Body and Mind Benefits of an Ergonomic Workstation

WEBErgonomic workstations are a crucial part of minimising health and wellbeing risks. The most obvious benefit is that it reduces the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders …

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Advising Staff on the Importance of Reporting

WEBGive us a call on 04 499 0710 or email us for more information. Why is reporting important? Health and safety reporting makes a big difference in safety, efficiency and overall …

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Building a Safety Culture Through Employee Inductions

WEBOur GOSH health and safety system includes an induction module where new workers can simply complete their health and safety on-boarding process. Our online induction helps …

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Reporting incidents and hazards – the fundamentals

WEBBut reporting incidents and hazards is important – it helps identify health, safety, and wellbeing trends and prevents future incidents. The safety of your workforce is a priority …

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Engaging Leaders in H&S

WEBEngaging health and safety leaders. Our mission is to engage everyone to be actively involved in health and safety every day in their work. Our aim is to improve workplace …

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Workplace Health Monitoring, Testing & Pre-employment …

WEBHealth education programmes; Contact us about the health part of health and safety by filling in the form below. Hearing, Lung Function and Vision Tests. Audiometry (hearing), …

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Training to be a Health and Safety Representative (HSR)

WEBHealth and Safety Representatives (HSRs) play a valuable role within organisations, by providing a health, safety, and wellbeing voice for workers. They support worker …

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SME Workplace Health & Safety

WEBHealth and safety is essential in every business, particularly small to medium sized businesses. Evidence suggests that SMEs are less safe than larger businesses …

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Health and Safety Representatives

WEBCompanies with over 20 employees must hold elections to vote in a HSR. Those under 20 may opt to directly appoint an HSR. A good tool which describes the role of a Health …

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Inherent and Residual Risks

WEBInherent and Residual Risks. Under the Health and Safety at Work Act, which came into effect on 4th April 2016, assessing risk requires us to weigh: a) the likelihood of the …

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Health and Safety Responsibilities for Schools

WEBMeeting health and safety responsibilities is unquestionably a challenging task for school leaders. With such a large scale to cover, it can be difficult to effectively manage and be …

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