Occupational Health & Safety
Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) obligations are structured to require employers to take pro-active steps to ensure safety.
An understanding of these obligations is imperative for employers, particularly in light of the new national harmonisation reforms to OH&S legislation which will take effect from 1 January 2012.
Our OH&S practice concentrates on assisting clients to develop preventive OH&S management strategies to comply with their legal obligations including:
- procedure development;
- training;
- legal risk management; and
- compliance auditing.
We also advise and appear in relation to the defence of OH&S prosecutions in all jurisdictions.
CHANGES TO OHS REGULATIONS
On Tuesday 17 May 2011, Michael Harmer, Chairman of Harmers Workplace Lawyers gave a presentation for our client, Talent2 on what the occupational health and safety national harmonisation reforms mean for CFOs and senior management.
Michael’s presentation, entitled “The changes to OHS regulations affecting CFOs and Senior Management”, discussed the reasons behind the ‘national harmonisation’ reforms and what the changes mean for local and national businesses across Australia from 1 January 2012. In particular, Michael discussed who is subject to OHS duties under the new OHS framework, and what the new “due diligence” duty means for officers.
Michael also outlined some guidance on what preparations businesses could make to ensure they comply with the OHS reforms.
Please click here to access the video of the presentation.
For further information, please contact:
Jane Kewin
Marketing Manager, Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Tel: (02) 9993 8537
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