RECENT NEWS

A woman wearing a lot of PPE gear. What Is Workplace Health & Safety? For many years, workplace health and safety have only really focused on the safety aspect. The health bit was just lip service. Although we know more people die from work-related health harm (750 – 900 per annum, WorkSafe NZ) than work-related injuries (70 in 2024, WorkSafe NZ), it seemed that providing PPE and hoping people wear it was the way to go. Over the past few years, the focus on safety has expande

That appears to be the question of the day. We are getting asked this often. The question is always accompanied by – my client won’t let us on site unless we are vaccinated, my customers are saying they won’t use us unless we are fully vaccinated, the newspaper reports that The Warehouse is proposing compulsory vaccination. The answer is very complicated. COVID-19 is challenging enough from a health and safety perspective, but many of the issues need to be managed under HR. T

New Zealand, along with the rest of the world, has been through a unique experience, one we hope never to repeat. The craziness of panic buying hand sanitiser, toilet paper and PPE looms large in our memories. COVID-19 highlighted many positive aspects of humanity and identified other areas where we did not stand for the greater good. Like many others, I tried to buy, with limited success, hand sanitiser for my on-the-road workers to keep in their vehicles. If I were honest,