Oct 42 minDirections on Occupational Health and Safety in the workplaceMinister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi, issued a consolidated directive on the 1st of October 2020 which outlines certain health...
Aug 114 minWorkplace Approach to Safety: The importance of using an expertAs times change, we become more aware of the intrinsic value and role that Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) plays in our daily lives ...
May 272 minIs your workplace COVID-19 ready?As South Africa prepares to move from level 4 lockdown so more and more companies will be allowed to reopen. As part of this, there are a...
Mar 273 minCOVID-19 & COIDA – what you need to know! Occupationally-acquired COVID-19 is a disease contracted by an employee as defined in the COID Act arising out of and in the course of hi...
Mar 233 minNational COVID-19 Lockdown – From an Employers perspectivewill entail the following: From midnight on Thursday 26 March until midnight on Thursday 16 April, all South Africans will have to stay at
Mar 63 minCoronavirus now in South-AfricaWhat are coronaviruses? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can infect humans or animals. Sometimes an animal coronavirus ca...
Feb 112 minCoronavirus and Occupational Health & SafetyWhilst there have been no reported cases of the Coronavirus in South Africa it is important to continue to monitor the development of the vi
Jan 213 minSafety Mindset: Safety culture in your workplaceSafety culture and behavior based safety is often perceived as a framework that can only be implemented by large organisations with dedicate
Nov 28, 20192 minRisk Assessment FundamentalsThe core principles of a risk assessment process and the legal requirements behind why businesses go through this important task will be fam
Oct 7, 20191 minThe in's and out's of a SHE CommitteeWhat is a SHE Committee? The intention of the legislator is to have a balance between the number of representatives and any other persons ac
Aug 27, 20192 minAre Casuals Covered?Firstly, let us define what an employee is, “a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or of apprenticeship or lear
Jul 16, 20193 minBeginners Guide to Compiling a Safety FileA Safety File could be your worst enemy as most people would have you believe, however it’s actually your best friend in the worst situation
May 28, 20193 minEmergency Control and Response PlanThe Occupational Health and Safety Act requires each employer to have a site specific employee emergency response plan. To ensure workplace
Apr 18, 20193 min10 Factors that could cause the safety culture to declineLet’s start by breaking down what “Safety Culture” means. The Collins online dictionary defines Culture as: “A culture is a particular socie
Apr 16, 20193 minIntegration of OHS into your Disciplinary CodeThe integration and alignment of the different functional departments within companies is an integral part towards creating exceptional high
Mar 19, 20193 minWorkman's Compensation ReimbursementsThe occupational health and safety act was put in place to protect workers from being injured at work, however sometimes these systems that
Feb 13, 20192 minOccupational Health & Safety for the 21st CenturyNew technologies like automation and artificial intelligence are often intimidating to company executives – some may shy away from adoption,
Sep 19, 20184 min"Silly Season" at the OfficeAs we are fast approaching the festive season you might have noticed that employees become complacent, distracted, negligent and for the lac
Jul 17, 20184 minProactive MonitoringProactive Monitoring is techniques that include safety inspections and audits, where the objective is to obtain performance feedback, enabli
Jun 21, 20182 minEmergency Response Procedures: Whether you need it for Work or Home.The emergency procedure is a plan of actions to be conducted in a certain order or manner, in response to an emergency event at the work pla
