Keep informed with our health and safety updates, insights, and interviews.

Company holds back asbestos results

16 October, 2015

A company that failed to inform its employees about their possible exposure to asbestos has been found to have constructively dismissed two of them. Read more

Australia: an opportunity missed

2 October, 2015

The so-called harmonisation of Australia’s OHS laws, based on the Model Act adopted as the basis for New Zealand’s new legislation, was principally aimed at lifting business productivity rather than improving safety outcomes, according to an Australian lawyer and safety consultant. Read more

Kids graduate to farm safety

15 September, 2015

Hundreds of rural kiwi kids are coming top of the class in farm safety. Read more

Antidote to human error?

4 September, 2015

The health benefits of mindfulness – training the brain to focus on the present moment without distraction – have been widely reported in recent years, but research by the UK’s Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) shows the practice could also have a positive alphat on workplace safety. Read more

Growing business leaders

7 August, 2015

Health and safety professionals need leadership skills and a good understanding of how businesses operate if they are to influence OHS culture, the head of health, safety and wellbeing at Thames Water told IOSH’s recent Leadership in Action conference in London. Read more

Line managers take the lead

7 August, 2015

In an earlier IOSH session an energy company executive with responsibility for health and safety said he believed OHS leadership could be more effective if it came from line managers rather than from OHS professionals. Read more

Becoming an agent of change

25 July, 2015

“I want to talk about a very simple theme – that when individuals take responsibility personally, everything changes. Read more

Reform Bill Key Changes

25 July, 2015

The Select Committee considering the Health and Safety Reform Bill has reported back to Parliament with improvements to the Bill following public submissions. The Government also intends to clarify some provisions in the Bill to provide certainty for businesses, particularly small businesses, about what they will be required to do to meet their duties. Read more

Ageing is normal

25 July, 2015

Older workers are forming an increasing proportion of the New Zealand workforce and also make up a disproportionately large percentage of work fatalities, which makes addressing their health and safety concerns an issue for all organisations. Read more

Qualified support for prequalification

10 July, 2015

Users of contractor prequalification schemes have given them an overall pass mark in a Safeguard readers’ survey, but results show there is still room for improvement. Read more