19 May 2015 ComplyWith User Group Presentation

1. ComplyWith
USER GROUP 19 May 2015

2.  Welcome and introductions
ComplyWith – the April 2015 release
Health & Safety Reforms – update & draft
content
Better board / A & R Committee Reports
ComplyWith – other news & user discussion
Agenda

3. ...talk about ‘sizzle’
 Survey screen = simpler & more
elegant
 ‘Corrective actions’ option
 Reporting enhancements
ComplyWith – April 2015 release

4. Next steps…
 UpDater in ComplyWith
 Mobile compatibility
 Progress new implementation &
maintenance module (big job!!!)
ComplyWith Software

5.  Transport and Industrial Relations Select
Committee report back on the Bill was
extended from 30/3 to 29/5/15
 MBIE released exposure drafts of ‘phase one'
Health and Safety at Work regulations –
consultation closed 14/5/15
 Still talking passing new Act by end 2015
taking effect during 2016…..
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – Update

6. Helping our clients know what they
need to know …in advance
 Draft content for H&S draft legislation
= work in progress & will evolve
 It provides a ‘heads-up’ on what will be
required – not the last word…
 All feedback will be gratefully received
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – ComplyWith Content

7. Approach =
 Pull it all together i.e. new Act, new
regs, & old regs that keep going
 Structure it for business
 Maximise access to guidance
 Enable Users to ‘pull’ information they
want & simplify presentation
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – ComplyWith Content

8. Structure
 Unpack the Act & Regs – group content
by activity / subject matter
 Start with obligations applying to
everyone more specialist work
places
 ‘Overview’ option for some content for
lower-risk business
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – ComplyWith Content

9. Structure:
 Primary Duty of Care
 Officers – Due diligence duty
 Worker Engagement
 Emergency Plans
 First Aid
 Falling objects
 Personal Protective Equipment
 Facilities
 Notifiable Work…
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – ComplyWith Content

10. Structure (cont…)
 Notifiable Events
 Authorisations
 Substances
 Structures
 Plant
 Hazardous Atmospheres & Ignition Sources (& other
detailed stuff…)
 Workers, Self-Employed & Others etc
 Miscellaneous Duties & Prohibitions
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – ComplyWith Content

11. Maximise Access to Guidance
 Draw together NZ guidance from WorkSafe,
MBIE, even DoL, EPA etc… & link to it from
‘activities’…
 Australian Guidance is invaluable – new NZ
law based upon theirs & good resources
available
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – ComplyWith Content

12. Enable Users to ‘pull’ through the
information they want:
 Keep the commentaries simple + utilise
embedded links = click through to more
detailed information
 Reproduce ‘definitions’ + key terms &
concepts in our space = vastly improve
accessibility & linkability
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – ComplyWith Content

13. Next Steps…
 Finalise full coverage (firm date & other info
in Newsletter next week)
 Develop overview & updater to give you
visibility across content & developments
 Develop ‘checklists’ for content
 Refine & improve draft content (feedback
please!!!) &
 Update content as draft laws evolve
Health & Safety Law Reform
2015 – ComplyWith Content

14. Director feedback = first 2 pages should
tell most of the story + make it as easy as
possible to understand …
Better Board and A&R
Committee Reports
Period Covered
No. of Roles
Reporting
No. of Acts & Regs
Covered
No. of Compliance
Questions Asked
1 July → 31
Dec 2014
7 39 129

15. Better Board and A&R
Committee Reports

16. ComplyWith News:
 Welcome to Hollie, Edwin & Judy
 New Auckland Office now open
ComplyWith – Other News &
Discussion