US sends warning over NSW Australia property plans

Date: March 16, 2010

Category: Health and Safety for Contractors

Employers are being encouraged to get all their employees, including professional contractors, involved in health and safety in the workplace.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a new campaign entitled Do Your Bit in a bid to reduce injury and ill health as figures revealed that involving workers has a positive effect.

It is offering training courses to help businesses get their employees more involved and has launched a website giving advice and success stories from other companies.

"Where businesses have good workforce involvement they also often achieve better performance in health and safety and experience better productivity because their staff are motivated and feel engaged in the organisation," commented Judith Hackitt, chair of the HSE.

Effective health and safety performance relies on employees and employers working together, added Katja Hall, CBI director of employment policy.

The HSE pointed out that staff are often the best people to speak to in order to understand the risks in the workplace and ensure any controls put in place are practical and effective.

Posted by John Crawley