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Comment — The optimistic Australian
Add to Session workbookHow can we lead the world in health & safety? Learn from Australia’s mistakes, says RICHARD COLEMAN.
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Aftermath — Mike Duke
Add to Session workbookIn March 2017 the former drainlayer and truck driver lost his right hand in an auger less than a week into a new job at a Timaru meat plant. He talked to PETER BATEMAN.
Read this articleLet’s talk about it! — Kindness and conversation
Add to Session workbookIn August, 450 public sector employees from across the country gathered in Wellington to learn about mental health. The Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work conference was an event that delegates had specifically requested, telling the Government Health and Safety Lead at a previous conference that this was something they needed to be talking about. And talk they did, with openness, honesty and vulnerability. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM reports on the keynote speaker.
Read this articleThe ladder and the well
Add to Session workbookFrom trauma to hope
Add to Session workbookWhat democracy looks like
Add to Session workbookWorker engagement in H&S will be only superficial in a top-down, authoritarian work environment. RICHARD WAGSTAFF makes the case for genuine industrial democracy.
Subscribe to read this articleGet on the A team
Add to Session workbookWant to improve safety outcomes and help drive change? Of course you do. SARAH COLLEY suggests paying attention to teams will help.
Subscribe to read this articleA common purpose
Add to Session workbookHow do you create a real sense of community and common purpose among a large group of H&S reps? JO VAN DEN BERG outlines the approach taken by Air New Zealand.
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Add to Session workbookH&S rep CLAIRE WOOLDRIDGE-WAY has been acknowledged for her work in enhancing the mental wellbeing of her colleagues following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. She tells the story in the form of a film treatment.
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Add to Session workbookIn 2016 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu was struggling to meet its H&S obligations. Now it has become an example to others. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM looks at the turnaround.
Subscribe to read this articleOpportunities seized
Add to Session workbookThe 2018 health and safety rep of the year tells JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM she never turns down the chance to do something different.
Subscribe to read this articleContracting out
Add to Session workbookThe acquittal of Athenberry Holdings in the first defended hearing under the HSW Act raises important issues about the ability of a PCBU to “contract out” of its duties. SAM HOULISTON and JIM ROBERTS argue the court got it wrong.
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Add to Session workbookThe law says PCBUs on the same site must communicate, cooperate and collaborate. PAT KIRK puts a slightly different spin on what that means in practice.
Subscribe to read this articlePain happens (but that’s ok)
Add to Session workbookWhen most of your workforce does manual handling every day, people will get sore. PETER BATEMAN reports on an initiative making it easy to put your hand up and get treatment, before soreness turns into injury.
Subscribe to read this articleThe innovator
Add to Session workbookPETER BATEMAN talks to Daniel Hummerdal, recently appointed to WorkSafe NZ in a newly created role focused on health & safety innovation.
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Add to Session workbookLegal viewpoint — Law reform
Add to Session workbookSAMUEL MOORE is part of a team brought together to reform H&S laws in the Cook Islands. He reports on the process.
Subscribe to read this articleIncident investigation — No safe method
Add to Session workbookNZISM Perspective — Mentoring others
Add to Session workbookHave you considered becoming a mentor to other H&S practitioners? PHIL LEWIS-FARRELL outlines plans to boost numbers and offer a mentoring qualification.
Subscribe to read this articleHealth matters — Asking the impossible
Add to Session workbookClients who don’t understand health risk can place occupational hygienists in an awkward position which challenges their professional ethics. DEREK MILLER explains.
Subscribe to read this articleIn the spotlight — Carolyn Haybittle
Add to Session workbookRegulator Report — Lifting worker engagement
Add to Session workbookWorker participation is at the heart of SafePlus, the H&S performance improvement toolkit. We outline SafePlus and get insights from an independent, accredited SafePlus assessor about how it has delivered value for his clients.
Subscribe to read this articleHASANZ: A professional view — Falling short
Add to Session workbookPHILIP ALDRIDGE outlines a wide variety of initiatives under way to address the current shortfall of qualified H&S advisers.
Subscribe to read this articleIt’s academic — Talanoa tales
Add to Session workbookHealth & safety is often presented in a way which fails to engage Pacific Island workers. PETER BATEMAN looks at a piece of research which suggests a more effective approach.
Subscribe to read this articleTrue Confessions — Charmed life
Add to Session workbookDr MIKE CAUSER’s lucky break into occupational medicine was looking after one thousand crew on a cruise liner. Then his luck ran out.
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