Work Health and Safety
WHS is a risk that seems difficult and expensive to manage. WHS Policies and Procedures Australia’s team of experts simplify the process without the unnecessary costs to keep your people and business safe so you can grow without the worry.
What is Work Health and Safety?
This extends to any person working for a business or organisation, volunteers, interns, customers, visitors, and suppliers. Persons Conducting Business or Undertaking, the PCBUs, are legally responsible for ensuring safety of their workers and workplace.
Importance of WHS for your Business
WHS policies and procedures are an essential set of regulations that guide your employees on how they should conduct themselves while performing their duties to protect themselves and their co-workers from injury and harm and to remain compliant with relevant legislation.
Each Australian state prescribes its own legislated workplace health and safety framework which businesses and business owners need to comply with and demonstrate through WHS policies and procedures. WHS Policies and Procedures Australia can give a business all the tools they need to get their organisation compliant. This documentation can be useful for insurance purposes or in a legal dispute.
New Business/Startup
Work Health and Safety compliance can be confusing and overwhelming when starting your business. WHS PPA is here to help take the hassle out of WHS so you can get back to business.
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Purpose of Work Health and Safety
The purpose of Work Health and safety in any business is to endeavour to:
- Foster and uphold the highest level of physical, mental, and social wellbeing among all workers;
- Prevent the ill health of workers brought on by their working conditions, and safeguard employees from risks to their wellbeing as a consequence of their work
- Make it possible for work processes to be carried out securely by using tools such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS), risk assessments, and the hierarchy of controls contained in a risk matrix to reduce hazards.
- Have employees placed and maintained in a work environment fitted to their needs
- Adapt workers to their work and thework to the worker’s needs.
Over 100,000 Serious Claims are Made Against Employers Every Year
Besides the obvious financial and productivity stresses these incidents place on a business, the quality of life of the work can be damaged forever.
While it’s not possible to avoid all workplace injuries, it is possible to minimise the risks. And you are legally required to ensure that, as far as reasonably practicable, you have taken measures to prevent them from happening. You can do this by having an effective WHS management system in place which consists of policies and procedures to help run safe business operations.
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Don’t Endanger your Business by Getting WHS Wrong!
We can Help!
If your concerned about the WHS area of your business, WHS Policies and Procedures Australia can help you with all your work health and safety needs.
With our wide range of experience in diverse work sites, including construction sites, small business offices, corporate offices and waterfront sites, WHS Policies and Procedures Australiacan:
- Help to clarify workplace health and safety government requirements for organisations
- Help to have your WHS policies and procedures all in order to have a complete WHS management system in place
- Help identify hazards in your workplace and the risks associated with them
- Have discussions about the relevant SafeWork legislation for your state and industry.
WHS Standard Pack
WHS Compliance
No business can afford to get Workplace Health and Safety wrong. Every Australian business is required to develop and maintain a safe, healthy, legally compliant workplace. That means getting your WHS systems, processes, and culture right. WHS Policies and Procedures Australia can provide you with all the tools your business needs to ensure compliance.
WHS is a complex area and one that has very stringent legal requirements. Your workplace requires a personalised approach to WHS and WHS Policies and Procedures Australia is here to give you the tools to do just that.
Consequences for your Business
The consequences for not complying with the applicable legislation can be serious, for example in Queensland a corporate organisation which fails to comply with health and safety duties can be fined up to $500,000.
Give an Edge to your Business!
WHS policies are written documents that outline how an organisation intends to fulfill its commitment to workplace health and safety – in practice it contains details of principles, objectives, and commitments to that effect.
WHS Documents and Forms
Find all the forms and documents you’ll ever need to ensure workplace health, safety and welfare and compliance in one convenient place. WHS Policies and Procedures Australia helps create forms and documents for your organisation that are up-to-date...
Importance of WHS for Employers
As an employer, you must tread very carefully when it comes to managing the health and safety of your workplace. You are ultimately responsible for the welfare of your employees during their time in the workplace.
Duty of Care
Health, wellbeing, and safety is a responsibility that cannot be taken lightly. You have to be constantly vigilant and work with your employees to ensure they are aware of hazards and know how to mitigate them.
Policies and Procedures
WHS policies and procedures are a vital part of workplace safety. When they are well-written, they can help businesses in many ways.
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Our Clients
WHS PPA established and delivered a new, compliant 23+ part suite of WHS policies and procedures and WHS on-site services.
WHA PPA has supported compliance by delivering quarterly multi-site audits, WHS policies and procedures reviews and reforms and inspections of toolbox talks, inductions and safety briefings.
WHS PPA has improved compliance by delivering a number of WHS policies and procedures, including risk management, hazard and incident reporting, incident and corrective actions, consultation, electrical safety, vehicle and traffic management, and hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods.
WHS PPA has supported compliance by delivering regular site inspections and audits, project risk assessments, and by improving incident reports and investigations processes, IMS compliance and consultation throughout on WHS matters and concerns as they occur.
WHS PPA established and delivered a brand new, compliant 11+ part suite of policies and procedures to cover compliance in a new, bigger warehouse location.
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