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.

Why does your business need Workplace Health and Safety documentation?

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.

The maximum penalties for WHS breaches can be well over $3 million for a corporation or well over $600,000 for body corporate officers. Category 1 offences can also result in a 5-year prison term.

In addition to ensuring that your business complies with its legal obligations, having WHS documentation is also beneficial to the day-to-day operations of the business in the following way:

They clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the employer and the employees in maintaining a safe workplace.
Serves as evidence that your business is taking health and safety seriously, which eases the concerns of both employees and potential clients.
Increases efficiency as the documentation can be filled out quickly and easily.

WHS documentation can also be crucial in defending your business in the event a claim is made against you, or your company, for failing to comply with workplace health and safety obligations, in the event an employee, contractor or visitor is injured. The WHS documentation can be used to demonstrate that your business took reasonable steps to mitigate risk and prevent the incident from occurring.

Duty of Care

Health, wellbeing, and safety is a responsibility than 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,

In fact, one of the requirements an employer has under the WHS Act is to develop, implement, maintain, and continuously review your workplace health and safety policies, procedures, and management system.

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.

In other words, you need to ensure that the place where you work is safe and secure for staff.

So how do you stack the odds in your favour?

Pay special attention to your WHS policies and procedures.

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. Additionally, it serves as a selling point for companies by highlighting the health and safety benefits and opportunities they offer to employees.

WHS procedures make an organisation’s WHS policies achievable. They are a set of actionable guides that inform workers on the steps they need to take to fulfill an organisation’s WHS policies as well as compliance with the Work Health and Safety laws.

At the core of it, WHS procedures identify regulatory compliance requirements and outline modalities to ensure a safe and healthy work environment.

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:

Reinforce and clarify the standards expected of workers
Demonstrate the organisation is efficiently and appropriately operated
Ensure consistency in decision-making and operational procedures
Enable employers to defend themselves in the event of a dispute.
Establish the company’s commitment to WHS
Encourage staff retention and a strong employee base.

Is understanding Work Health and Safety a problem for your business?

Describe your problem to us and we’ll help solve it with straightforward, easy to understand advice and provide you with tools you need to run a successful and compliant business.

WHS Policies and Procedures Australia understands the many different challenges that businesses can face and as such we pride ourselves on providing affordable, practical and time efficient solutions.

We know you need to concentrate on your core business, so to be able to give you the tools you need to address WHS compliance of your business and helping to minimise your WHS risks whilst also ensuring the safety of your workers is our foremost priority.

We’re here to work with you and support your business with all your WHS documentation needs.

Our success is not only due to the quality of our work, but also down to our attitude, our approach, and the way we treat our clients.

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 and legally complaint.

Work Health and Safety legislation covers a wide range of issues. Unsure about which apply to your business?

WHS Policies and Procedures Australia can help you with advice on:

Emergency plans and procedures
Drugs and alcohol policies
Risk management
Hazard and incident management
Working conditions such as heat, height confined spaces, manual handling, or prolonged standing
Managing dangers such as dealing with hazardous substances and dangerous goods, or asbestos
Bullying and harassment policies
Mitigating slips, trips, and falls