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Integrating the Best Workplace Health and Safety Victoria
Posted: Feb 25, 2016
According to the laws of Australia workplace health and safety is the responsibility shared equally by employers and workers. Safe working conditions in the workplace have multifold benefits. The safe working conditions not only safeguard the employees and minimize risks but it provides a favorable environment for employees to work long term and build a career of their choice in the industry. Moreover the employers benefit greatly by retaining the valuable skills of their employees leading to increased productivity, and overall improvement in entire business endeavors. When the workplace safety measures are shared by the employers, managers and employees there is certainty of preventing mishaps and breakage of any important machinery parts.
Workplace health and safety Victoria emphasizes the importance of mutual understanding between business owners and managers. In fact it is legally mandatory that the management of health, safety and the wellbeing of people working in business houses is a collective responsibility that must be shared between workers and persons conducting a business or undertaking the business.
As per the Australia's new workplace health and safety law it is clearly stated that health in terms of both psychological and physical states is the responsibility of the business managers and workers working together. It becomes easier to manage health risks and maintain wellbeing inside the work surroundings, and workers can ensure that every person working remains out of danger and healthy. Essentially, the law states that it is the task of business entrepreneurs to take care of security as far as is reasonably practicable for the employee’s well being while they are working at the stipulated workplace. It is necessary to maintain the work surroundings in a way that no risk emerges to the health of workers.
While taking the responsibility of the workers the employers are asked to make them aware about the clause that states for regulation the workers responsibility. The workers are expected to work vigilantly and keep an open eye towards possibility of any unseemly incident. With minimum and reasonable care of their own personal safety and healthy they can comply with the law and follow the safety instructions. Work place health and safety are paramount to the safe working environment. For business owners the place of work and health of workers is on the top of priority list when it comes to increasing productivity.
Safesystem is an OHS risk management solution providing company, founded by Steve Main, providing managing and consulting services to a wide range of industries, small, medium and large organizations, since past 30+ years.
About the Author: Steven M is an author of the article; For more information about Ohs Consultants visit the website http://safesystem.com.au/.