This presentation by Employsure provides an overview to workplace safety in Australia. It answers the questions: How do I create a workplace safety plan for my business? What is a risk assessment? and How do I train employees? Owners and managers of SMEs in Australia often struggle to understand their obligations to employees, and with one of the most complex workplace relations systems in the world it's a challenge for business owners to ensure they are compliant. Employsure protects employers from risks by providing unlimited advice, legally compliant documents, insurance and representation. Employsure is a workplace relations specialist dedicated to helping small businesses succeed by creating fair and safe workplaces. Call us: 1300 651 415 Visit us at: https://employsure.com.au/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/empl... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/employsure.c... Twitter: https://twitter.com/Employsure

2. Workplace health and safety
Workplace health and safety obligations for
employers vary widely between industry
This presentation covers the four fundamental
elements that apply to all businesses.
For more detailed information about your
obligations as an employer visit Employsure

3. 4 step workplace health and safety checklist
1.ESTABLISH workplace safety
2.MANAGE hazards
3.TRAIN and SUPERVISE staff in workplace
health and safety
4.REVIEW and REVISE

4. 1. ESTABLISH workplace safety
• Identify hazards in the workplace that may harm workers
• Create and implement a written policy with clear guidelines about what is
expected from all parties This policy should be signed and dated by the employer,
and be easily available to employees at all times. For example, display it around
the workplace on noticeboards
• Include staff in consultation about safety in the workplace to increase awareness
of safety issues and improve the safety culture in the workplace

5. 1. MANAGE hazards
• Complete a risk assessment that assesses
any possible situation that could happen in
the workplace. Things like employees
using a ladder to access objects from a
height, or electrical cords running down a
hallway should be considered a risk and
minimised as much as possible
• When looking to manage hazards, it is
important to focus on likelihood of an injury
and its severity to determine the best way
to minimise its risk

6. 1. TRAIN and SUPERVISE staff
• Training of employees can be as a
collective, such as via mass emails or at
toolbox talks on company wide updates
which are relevant to all staff
• A more specific and focussed effort can be
paid to individual jobs or tasks, with
training aimed at employees that are
directly involved in these tasks and not the
whole company

7. 1. REVIEW and REVISE
• Regularly review the practices aimed at
increasing safety and determine what is working
well, as well as what is not working and needs
to be addressed
• Ask - ultimately, are the practices working to
eliminate risk?
Download our 4 step workplace health and safety
checklist here