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 broad range of lega...

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 his or her employment....

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 can change so that it ...

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

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

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

A 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

The Occupational Health and Safety Act requires each employer to have a site specific employee emergency response plan. To ensure workplace

Let’s start by breaking down what “Safety Culture” means. The Collins online dictionary defines Culture as: “A culture is a particular socie

The integration and alignment of the different functional departments within companies is an integral part towards creating exceptional high

The occupational health and safety act was put in place to protect workers from being injured at work, however sometimes these systems that

New technologies like automation and artificial intelligence are often intimidating to company executives – some may shy away from adoption,

As we are fast approaching the festive season you might have noticed that employees become complacent, distracted, negligent and for the lac

Proactive Monitoring is techniques that include safety inspections and audits, where the objective is to obtain performance feedback, enabli

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

An inspection can be described as the systematic measurement and validation of the current status of any given programme or system.  Fundame

Although some may tell you that contractors are liable for themselves and you “do not have to worry”, this is not the case. Companies’ have