Are Workplaces Legally Required to Test and Tag?

The Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 Act requires all fittings and appliances in the workplace to be electronically safe. But are we legally required to test and tag? Testing and tagging…

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Workplace Drug Testing

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act, the definition of ‘hazard’ includes: “a person’s behaviour where that behaviour has the potential to cause death, injury, or illness to a person…

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Hazardous Substance Signs
Working Safely with Hazardous Substances

Were you aware that on 1 December 2017, the rules around managing hazardous substances in the workplace transferred from the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) to the Health…

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Anxiety at Work

According to the New Zealand Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study, anxiety and depressive disorders are second only to coronary heart disease as a cause of health loss…

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Lost Time Injury

A lost time injury (LTI) is something that results in a fatality, permanent disability, or time lost from work. It could be as little as one day or a shift…

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Safeguarding Staff Health

Changes to health and safety legislation over the last couple of years have seen a fairly rapid change in mindset towards safeguarding staff safety. However, safeguarding staff health has been…

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Asbestos Regulations

Asbestos regulations were most recently updated in 2018, following asbestos exposure having been identified more than once in the past 10-years’ as a leading cause of workplace-related disease causing death.…

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Protect yourself in five ways from Skin Cancer
Be SunSmart This Summer At Work

Employers have a duty of care to protect their workers. With the recent changes to New Zealand’s Health and Safety legislation there is an increasing emphasis on minimising risk in…

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Health and Safety Representatives

Is there a need for a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) in my company? Under Section 61 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (accessible here) the answer is…

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