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Overcoming WHS compliance complexity post COVID-19
July 27, 2022As Australian businesses emerged into the light at the end of COVID’s dark tunnel, they are faced with fresh challenges in keeping their people safe at work. We are witnessing COVID-19’s long tail – together with the permanent shift to a ‘hybrid’ work model – fundamentally changing the operating model of so many businesses. Against the backdrop of Australia’s complex Work Health & Safety (WHS) laws, businesses are grappling with how the changing work environment shifts their risk profile and what the law requires they do to control those risks and keep their people safe at work. When contending with the changing face of the Australian workplace, businesses need not overcomplicate their risk management practices to achieve compliance. Best practice WHS compliance can be achieved by relying on tried and tested risk management practices as part of an underpinning WHS management system. Let’s dive into how. Understanding your duty of care For any employer, there should be no greater concern than the thought of workers being injured on our watch at work. It is for this reason that Australian WHS legislation imposes a legal duty of care on all persons...