This week Worksafe has released their 'Our Performance Story' and their Annual Report outlining their goals to help make New Zealand safer. Check out what Zane and Adelaide have to say about it
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Ever rolled your eyes because there's yet ANOTHER team meeting you have to attend? And you know this meeting won't really achieve anything and is just a waste of every bodies time. Well have we got the deal for you! A Workshop Wednesday with everything you need to make those eye-open nap times into interactive, engaging opportunities...
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Sadly 5 children are killed each year on our driveways and more than twenty children hospitalized, that's too many! We've got some great tips from our friends at Safe Kids Aotearoa to help prevent driveway runovers...
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That's right around 60 rugby teams worth of workers are killed at work or from illnesses caused by work every year in New Zealand. Just a bit of maths here, that's around 900 people or 2.5 people per day. Thats ridiculous!...
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Do you think you really know about the new Health & Safety law? Media telling you fibs? Here are 6 myths about the new Health and Safety law that you might've thought were true!
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Worker Engagement, Participation and Representation. Have no idea what that means? Well don't worry, we will be clearing it up and sharing what you have to do about it in your business. First up: Worker Engagement, what it is, what you have do about it, and what happens if you don't do it...
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New Zealand Shake out, what? The New Zealand Shake Out is a nation wide earthquake drill happening on October 15th at 9:15am. The idea is that everyone should know what to do to stay safe when an earthquake happens. Drop, Cover, Hold!...
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How does a story about 5 year old kid crashing his bike relate to wearing the right safety gear at work? This week Zane and Arthur bring Workshop Wednesday to us from the lovely Lake Taupo. Why is safety gear important? will it cover us 100%? and does it look cool?...
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What are workers, what do they have to do and what could happen if a worker does something stupid? Today we're talking about the term 'Workers' and what that means in the new Health & Safety Law, coming into effect on the 4th April 2016. Here are 5 things to know if you're a worker...
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Notifiable events, injuries, illnesses, incidents, what the heck?! Safety sucks! Or does it?
While it does sound a bit confusing, this week we explain what notifiable events actually are and show what we need to do in our businesses to stay away from them...
The new Health and Safety law is a full 188 pages of details so instead of you going through it trying to make sense of it, we have pulled out the main bits from it and show how it will apply to small business. And we have done it in about 4 minutes, check it out...
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The health and safety reform will be law from 4th April 2016, that means we need to get our silly safety manuals all up to date right? Wrong. We revisit our 'Throw Your Safety Manual in the Bin' Workshop Wednesday and go over what we should do instead, making safety relevant and practical in your small business...
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It's quite often the gear in our workplaces that can be a bit risky and cause accidents. New gear we don't know how to use properly, gear that's been 'modified,' gear that needs a bit of maintenance, it can all be risky. So how do we make sure our gear stays safe? Here are 6 tips to keep your gear safe...
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It's easier than ever to communicate things through video. We reckon you should have a go at being a movie star, so we've got this cool guide to show you how!
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Team meetings can be pretty bad, they can be a waste of time, they're boring, nothing gets done, and there's always that one guy who talks for ages making it run over time. However they're a good opportunity to get feedback and create a plan of action. So we have a few tips so you can make team meetings interactive, engaging and effective...
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