Fatal Australian court case holds valuable lessons
The legal ruling is a timely reminder of officers’ responsibilities under the Health and Safety At Work Act 2015, warn Buddle Findlay Partner Susan Rowe and Solicitor Philippa Moran. Continue →
Browsing: Management
Assessing and reducing harmful sexual behaviour
University of Canterbury (UC) research is paving the way towards improved accuracy in risk assessment and better informed treatment approaches to ultimately contribute to reducing harmful sexual behaviour in the community, including the workplace
UC Lecturer in Clinical Psychology Dr Sarah Christofferson is working with three community agencies involved with treating harmful sexual behaviour to validate a risk and change assessment tool. Continue →
Knowing the unknowable – how to prevent disaster
We live in an era of dramatic, improbable events that adversely affect the economy, the environment, the fate of household name companies and people’s welfare and health, observes software marketing professional Gordon McKeown . Continue →
Assessing the risk of client-initiated violence
Russel John Tully’s killing of two Ashburton Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) staff members in September 2014 highlighted the ever-present risk of client-initiated violence, note Buddle Findlay lawyers Sherridan Cooke and Mere King. Continue →
A new safety benchmark for major projects
A zero-harm approach on a key infrastructure project led the Fulton Hogan John Holland Joint Venture to success at the 2016 Site Safe Health and Safety in Construction Awards
A major project to protect the security of Auckland’s water supply, the Hunua 4 watermain runs for 31km, from Redoubt North Reservoir in Manukau Heights to the Khyber Pass Reservoir. Continue →
Improving learning from workplace incidents
The injury-prone dairy farming industry was the ideal sector in which to test the learning from incidents process, as Massey University researchers Justine Croft & Dr Kirsten Bendix Olsen explain
The dairy sector has one of the highest injuries rates of any New Zealand industry – 2.5 times higher per 1000 full-time equivalents than the average of all industries combined. Continue →
Removing the risk from change management
Three definitions are important when it comes to managing change communication in the new workplace health and safety environment, says Dr Vincent Covello, director of the Center for Risk Communication New York City
The three definitions are:
risk communication – the exchange of information about risks
crisis communication – the exchange of information during, before, or after a crisis, and
change communication – the exchange of information about change. Continue →
Beating bullying bruisers
Workplace bullying can be considered analogous to kiwifruit, says leading organisational psychology researcher Dr Helena D Cooper-Thomas
Kiwifruit are a major export earner for New Zealand: harvested, sorted, packed onto pallets, and sent off in shipping containers around the world. Continue →
Staying safe this work year
Harness the power of your whole team to assess and manage the risks of your business this year, says WorkSafe. Continue →