Ensuring Safety in Commercial Kitchens: Best Practices and Guidelines
Make sure your kitchen staff are trained in kitchen safety
Category: OHS Compliance
Workplace health and safety compliance resources, practical guidance and legislative information for Victorian businesses, schools and not-for-profit organisations.
Understanding WHS, OHS and PCBU meaning: An Essential Guide to Australian Safety Terminology
Understanding WHS, OHS and PCBU meaning: An Essential Guide to Australian Safety Terminology
Master Workplace Psychosocial Risk Assessments: 5 Essential Steps for Compliance
Psychosocial risk assessments are an essential tool for identifying and managing mental health hazards in the workplace. By conducting a thorough assessment, employers can better understand the psychological and social factors that may impact their employees’ well-being and performance. In this article, we will provide a step-by-step guide on how to complete a workplace psychosocial […]
2026 OHS HEALTH CHECKS – BOOK NOW!
Are you meeting your OHS obligations under OHS Legislation? Do a quick check of your OHS Management Systems now, complete this free survey and check your score: SafetyMAP Diagnostic Quiz Get your OHS health check now and plan for the next 12 months A ½ day site visit includes review of your documentation, observation and […]
Hazardous Manual Handling – New Free Tools from WorkSafe Victoria
WorkSafe Victoria have some great new free online tools to help you identify and control the risks relating to hazardous manual handling at work. It is a legal requirement that employers risk assess all hazardous manual handling task in consultation with employees, and up until now this has been difficult to document. The new documents […]
New Victorian WorkSafe Compliance code: Workplace facilities and the working environment
The Compliance code for Workplace facilities and the working environment focuses on ensuring that employers provide safe and suitable facilities for their employees. This includes areas such as toilets, rest areas, drinking water, and temperature control. The code emphasizes the importance of maintaining cleanliness, hygiene, and accessibility in these facilities. It also addresses the need […]
Meeting your Primary Duty under harmonised WHS legislation as an Employer and 7 keys to developing online induction
The extract below is from the model WHS Act which is currently legislation is all States other than Victoria and Western Australia. These 2 States have very similar requirements. It is important to note that when the legislation mentions ‘workers’, it is referring to employees, contractors and volunteers. So basically, amongst other things, we have […]
WHS Harmonisation in Victoria? Nope.
1st May 2012 “The Government will not sign up to the current proposal for harmonised legislation for occupational health and safety. It offers little benefit for Victoria to offset the $3.4 billion of estimated costs, the majority of which falls on small business. Victoria will continue to work towards best practice legislation.” 2012-13 Treasurer’s Speech […]
How to determine who is an officer? Relevant for 2004 OHS Act Vic and Harmonised legislation
One proactive activity within every organisation is to determine who in your organisation is an “officer”, hence carrying personal liability if OHS is not managed as per legislated requrements. This link provides a detailed article, which has been summarised below http://www.mondaq.com/australia/x/170736/Directors+Officers+Executives+Shareholders/An+officer+and+a+defendant+personal+liability+of+managers&email_access=on?goback=%2Egde_4386381_member_107248272 Who in your organisation might be an officer under the OHS Act? The Corporations […]
Bayside Business Network Seminar – your OHS Obligations
http://www.baysidebusiness.com.au/index.php/event/bbn-seminar-series-seminar-8-ohs-what-are-your-obligations/ Click on the link for details, seminar run by Julie McLoughlin Session Outline: Victorian OHS Act 2004 – Current Employer Obligations How do we work towards meeting our obligations For medium and large businesses – seven pillars of safety Common Hazards in small business Harmonisation Update Victorian EO […]
Health and Safety Compliance Top 10
Does your company employ staff or engage contractors, and if so, are you comfortable that you are fulfilling your legal and moral Duty of care obligations? Can you answer YES to all of these statements, or do they leave you feeling a little nervous? If nervous, you may benefit from the services of OHS&HR Management […]
Top ten things to know about the new harmonised OHS laws as at January 2012
OHS Harmonisation – not happening January 2012 in Victoria, probably another 12 months now! Are you ready for the new harmonised OHS legislation that come in to place on 1 January 2012? Here is my top ten list of changes that these laws will bring: 1. The Model Act provides a framework, each State will […]
New Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 2010
now in place What’s new? All businesses must demonstrate pro-active strategies to eliminate sexual harassment, discrimination and victimisation. Along with this new ‘positive duty” , ‘direct’ and ‘indirect’ discrimination have been redefined. All businesses need to review current EEO policies and procedures, as they now have a positive duty to ensure their workplaces are free […]
The road to ISO 45001 OHS Management Systems Certification – 7 important questions answered
What is the current standard for Safety Management Systems? ISO 45001 is now the global International Standard for occupational health and safety management systems, and AS 4801 is no longer current WHY do you need a certified OHS Management System (OHSMS)? Benefits of an OHSMS Research shows that there are clear links between good OHS […]
AS4801 versus SafetyMAP
If you live in Victoria, you have the choice of these 2 auditing tools. My opinion is that SafetyMAP is the best. I have implemented systems and had them audited with both tools. Basically, SafetyMap advanced level is equivalent to AS4801. This is why I would use SafetyMAP (even though WorkSafe doesn’t seem to promote […]