Bullying and harassment is a serious yet common work risk that must be taken as seriously as any other health and safety risk Studies suggest that between one in five and one in three New Zealand workers report bullying or harassment annually. Continue →

Evidence-based decision making is needed to bring down New Zealand’s increasing road toll, says Stephen Selwood CEO of Infrastructure NZ While discussion around how best New Zealand can improve its comparatively poor road safety performance is needed, it is essential that policy changes address the principal drivers of declining performance if we are to have any hope of turning the road toll around. Continue →

A New Zealand Construction Sector Accord was announced by five ministers, including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, signalling long-term commitment between government and industry to collaborate on key work areas for a healthy construction sector Government and construction industry leaders have signalled a shared commitment to transform New Zealand’s construction sector. Continue →

New standards for oral fluid testing processes and technologies have been welcomed by The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA), who has long believed that oral fluid testing technology and processes required reviewing and to become a joint Australian and New Zealand standard The AS/NZS 4760:2019 (CH-039 Detection of Drugs in Oral Fluids) Oral Fluid testing standard by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand dictates consistency around testing methodology, the quality of devices required, and how labs manage test samples. Continue →

One of the biggest myths about leadership, that I hate, is that leadership is difficult. Continue →

Two different species of exotic fruit flies have been found in Auckland in the past week, posing a risk to New Zealand’s horticulture industry and the threat is unlikely to disappear, says Lincoln University’s Dr Karen Armstrong The Queensland fruit fly has so far been detected five times in the upper North Island in the past decade.  Continue →

20 percent of external cyber attacks were carried out through mobile malware, Forrester Analytics Global Business Technographics Security Survey 2018 finds Mobile devices are becoming a top target of attack, a trend that in many ways is rooted in poor vulnerability management. Continue →

The recent announcement of a $22 million ACC incentive programme to help small to medium-sized businesses reduce workplace injuries is welcome news, says Site Safe Chief Executive Brett Murray “The creation of the new five-year incentive programme recognises the high, sometimes prohibitive, costs faced by many of the SMEs who are eager to improve health and safety in their businesses. Continue →

No matter if it’s private communication or business, your emails contain practically all the information there is to know about you and your business From your emails, anyone can learn about your work, our relationships, our vacations, and our medical problems. Continue →

Construction Health and Safety New Zealand (CHASNZ) is a charitable trust established in March last year and it is already leading the way toward a safer, more efficient construction industry CHASNZ is an accredited charitable trust that has been developed to deliver a unified voice and to raise the standard of health and safety across the whole of the construction industry. Continue →

Do you work with these people? They’re highly toxic and fly below your radar Did you know that 1 in 5 CEOs is actually a psychopath?  Continue →