Opinion
Comment—Speaking truth to power
Add to Session workbookDrectors will soon have positive duties to enquire about health and safety, but will they hear the truth? A safety rep argues that reps are uniquely placed to speak truth to power – if only power would ask.
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Community of people
Add to Session workbookGood relationships and good safety performance went hand-in-hand on a major Canterbury construction project. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM reports.
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Add to Session workbookThe use of contractors continues to proliferate, but how well is their health and safety being managed? JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM investigates.
Subscribe to read this articleMinister maps out the future
Add to Session workbookThe Government has responded to the Independent Taskforce with its Working Safer package of OHS reforms. PETER BATEMAN summarises them and invites experts to respond.
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Add to Session workbookThe Government intends to facilitate the creation of a new umbrella body to boost OHS capability. JON TEMBY reports on the Australian experience, which started in Victoria in 2007 and this year has gone nationwide.
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Add to Session workbookAt Huntly power station, a chemist’s enthusiasm for health and safety has ensured her name is known well beyond the laboratory. PETER BATEMAN reports.
Subscribe to read this articleDoing it by the book
Add to Session workbookPAM GRAHAM reports on the project which reduced the burden of manual handling for Nelson library staff (and won the occupational health category at the 2013 awards).
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From the Courts
Add to Session workbookLegal Viewpoint—Drug tester accreditation
Add to Session workbookOn-site screening of workplace drug tests is increasingly popular, but KEVIN THOMPSON warns the results could be open to legal challenge if the screening provider is not accredited.
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Add to Session workbookThinking about developing a workplace wellness programme? MEGHAN RUHA has some advice to help you get started down the right track.
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Add to Session workbookSpeaking of Safety—Feedback, please!
Add to Session workbookACC belongs to you, says JOHN BEAGLEHOLE, so get involved and have your say.
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Add to Session workbookIt’s Academic—Itching to be heard
Add to Session workbookTANIA SLATER reports on a project which looked at work-related skin symptoms in New Zealand cleaners.
Subscribe to read this articleRegulator Report—It’s all happening
Add to Session workbookSome of the Government’s Working Safer reforms are already being implemented. LESLEY HAINES reports on progress.
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Add to Session workbookLOUISE SCHOFIELD describes a two-year project which uncovered injury patterns and led to improved health outcomes.
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Add to Session workbookTrue Confessions—Bullied into silence
Add to Session workbookFormer part-time airline pilot SIDNEY DEKKER recalls a night on the flight deck which still leaves him feeling deeply uneasy.
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