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Workplace health and safety – what you should know   What does health and safety in the workplace mean? Workplace Health and Safety (WHS), otherwise known as Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) demands the evaluation, mitigation and control of risks that may impact the health, safety or welfare of those associated with your…

One of the most important things to verify before hiring workers, is whether the employee can legally work in Australia. This is because an employer who takes on a worker that cannot legally work in Australia may face legal consequences, including penalties and fines. To legally work in Australia a…

Contractor Compliance is the state of acting in conformance with the predefined and agreed rules or guidelines. It’s common for contract compliance to mostly deal with the adherence regarding equal opportunity policies and regulations. The significance of Contractor Compliance and the relevant documents should be concern and priority to the head of any business…

Statistics estimate that workplace injuries cost Australia’s economy around $60.6 billion annually, which is 4.8% of the total GDP. Apart from the worker being incapacitated to continue earning a living, businesses are sometimes forced to pay fines amounting to thousands of dollars. While industries such as mining and construction have…

ISO Explained Standards exist for a reason or more of them. They make sure businesses and organizations meet certain requirements to provide optimal service or products to clients and customers. At the same time, they regulate the industry to ensure fair trade, manufacturing, sale, and what not. Standardization is an important…

Normally, the cleaning sector is perceived as insignificant, yet it rakes in around $4 billion for the Australian economy. It also employs more than 62,000 people all over Australia. The law requires that all employees, contractors and sub-contractors get inducted so that they are no danger to themselves or others.…

An event contractor is mandated to plan and manage events while ensuring that the visiting public and workers are not predisposed to safety risks. When it comes to event safety, contractors spend more time thinking of how they will react to an incident, rather than thinking of how to avoid…

What is a Mobile Workforce? A mobile workforce refers to a group of employees (independent or of an organisation) who are connected by computers, smartphones and other devices via the Internet. The employees can work from close proximities or be geographically disperse. Due to their practicality the presence of mobile workforces…

Companies are forever providing training and education for their employees, either to up their skills in leadership, safety and work practices, or simply to update them on company products. Organising in-house training is a time consuming, and these days, a very costly affair. Would the use of online training software be…

WHAT ARE THE DANGERS CONTRUCTION WORKERS MAY FACE AT WORK? HOW RUNNING ONLINE INDUCTIONS MAY REDUCE THESE RISKS. At a construction site, there are endless risk factors for injury on a day to day basis for it’s workers. It must be ensured that the processes at a construction site occur with the…