Returning to a COVID-19 Safe Workplace: New National WHS Principles
Issues covered include: COVID-19, risk assessment, due diligence
Description
As lockdown rules begin to ease across the country, employers are faced with new health & safety issues they must address now to successfully return their workforce back to work. First, you will explore the myriad of risks in this new world, then learn how to tackle them. You will also gain insights on your obligations to keep your employees safe & your workplace compliant to the new National WHS Principles and Guidelines, the roadmap by the Government to return over one million workers back to work safely
Attend and earn 1 CPD in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
How to Return Safely To The Workplace and Be on the Good Side of the Regulator
- Risk Assessment: What are the general return to work risks for employees who are returning to ‘normal’ work?
- Preparing for the new normal: How should employers handle COVID-19 risks in the context of ensuring workers’ health and safety?
- Employer duty to workers including employees on the vulnerable workers list
- Controlling the spread: How to apply social distancing and hygiene measures for a safe workplace
- How are officer due diligence requirements affected by COVID-19 risks?
- A COVID-19 incidence has been exposed at your workplace, what are the next steps?
Presented by Angus Macinnis, Director of Dispute Resolution, StevensVuaran Lawyers
Presenters
Angus Macinnis has been advising employers on all facets of employment, anti-discrimination, and work health and safety law for more than 20 years. He assists with workplace compliance strategies, assists clients in dealing with regulators and carries out investigations.
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