Message for our learners registered for our courses and clients of WorksafeReps
What Worksafe Reps is doing Ensuring our venues can support good hygiene practices, such as soap and water and/or hand sanitiser, paper towels and tissues; Ensuring regularly touched surfaces [...]
Information regarding COVID-19
As you will be aware the COVID-19 virus has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. This notification is precautionary and gives basic information. For more detailed [...]
Creating Positive Workplaces
Image Credit: Panther Media Almost daily we hear news of workplace bullying, stress and harassment cases in NZ. Are these behaviours getting worse or are more people [...]
Five reasons to sort your health and safety plan today
We all know health and safety is an important part of any business. Without a solid plan in place, you run the risk of accidents happening under your watch (and [...]
Look after your “old dogs” and keep everyone safe!
Being experienced doesn’t guarantee you’re a safer worker or better at your job – sometimes being around the block leads to complacency. So, how can employers keep their people safe? [...]
Improving Workplace Safety Not a Simple Flick of the Switch
In April 2016, the new Health and Safety at Work Act came into force, significantly increasing penalties for those compromising workplace safety. Courts have served more than $1.7 million in fines [...]
Increased Need for Workplace Health & Safety Courses
The controversial Health and Safety at Work Act came into force in April this year and many small businesses are still coming to grips with the changes. The new act [...]
She’ll be right… or will she?
It’s been almost three months since the new Health and Safety act came out, and the reaction has been as expected, with most people embracing the change, and others still [...]