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WorkSafe’s New Way to Access Health and Safety Data

WorkSafe NZ have completely redesigned the way you can access health and safety data. They have created a ‘Data Centre’ which is a lot easier to navigate, especially for the…

Suicide Prevention

New Zealand’s suicide rate has reached an all time high, with 685 deaths as of June 2019. Furthermore, the WHO recently released a report stating ‘despite progress, one person still…

The Biggest Benefit of Reporting Stress and Discomfort

A 2017 survey conducted by Southern Cross Health Society and BusinessNZ found that 22.9% of businesses noted an increase in stress (more). High workload is cited as the main trigger…

New Zealand’s Worst Measles Outbreak

As of August 2019, a total of 779 measles cases were confirmed in New Zealand – and 282 of those infected were hospitalised (The Immunisation Advisory Centre). Measles are a highly contagious…

New Rules for the New Zealand Public Sector

“Studies suggest that between one in five and one in three New Zealand workers report bullying or harassment annually” (WorkSafe, 2019). Bullying, harassment and discrimination in the workplace poses major…

What is the Health and Safety at Work Act of 2015?

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) is New Zealand’s most prominent labour health and safety law. The legislation came into effect after the Independent Task Force for…

The Flu Ends With U

New Zealanders may not be taking the flu as seriously as they should be. It has recently been reported that 2 people have died in Auckland as a result of…

What Makes a Workplace Healthy?

The World Health Organisation’s definition of a healthy workplace is: “…one in which workers and managers collaborate to use a continual improvement process to protect and promote the health, safety and…

Participative Ergonomics

Ergonomics aims to control risk factors such as poor posture, musculoskeletal strain, repetition, glare, noise, temperature and vibration. More recently, it has also considered such things as workflow and ‘psycho-social factors’ that…

Setting a New Standard

Health and safety tends to become a ‘political football’, and never more so than at the international level. An article by Chris Peace about the new standard reported it had…

Tag: Health

WorkSafe’s New Way to Access Health and Safety Data

Suicide Prevention

The Biggest Benefit of Reporting Stress and Discomfort

New Zealand’s Worst Measles Outbreak

New Rules for the New Zealand Public Sector

What is the Health and Safety at Work Act of 2015?

The Flu Ends With U

What Makes a Workplace Healthy?

Participative Ergonomics

Setting a New Standard

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