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The Minster of Health published the latest amendments to the COVID-19 regulations in the Government Gazette on the 22 June, which...

The Department of Employment & Labour recently published a Code of Good Practice for managing exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace. The...

On the 1st of February, the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs confirmed various amendments to the COVID...

There are ongoing and heated discussions around whether individuals should be vaccinated for COVID-19. Some of the questions being asked...

Incident management, which includes the reporting and investigation of workplace incidents, is a critical component of an effective...

The core principles of a risk assessment process and the legal requirements behind why businesses go through this important task will be...

Stacking and storage is a daily occurrence and may apply at large warehouses, small consulting businesses or even at home. Every year...

The Constitutional Court recently ruled that domestic workers are now eligible to claim for work-related injuries, illness and death...

For most of us, our awareness of COVID-19 began as seemingly silly string messages on social media somewhere in January 2020. I still...

As per the Hazardous Chemical Substances Regulations, hazardous chemical substance “HCS” means any toxic, harmful, corrosive, irritant or...

Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi, issued a consolidated directive on the 1st of October 2020 which outlines certain health...

As times change, we become more aware of the intrinsic value and role that Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) plays in our daily lives...

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...

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...

will entail the following: From midnight on Thursday 26 March until midnight on Thursday 16 April, all South Africans will have to stay at

What are coronaviruses? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can infect humans or animals. Sometimes an animal coronavirus...

Whilst there have been no reported cases of the Coronavirus in South Africa it is important to continue to monitor the development of the vi

Safety culture and behavior based safety is often perceived as a framework that can only be implemented by large organisations with dedicate

What is a SHE Committee? The intention of the legislator is to have a balance between the number of representatives and any other persons ac

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