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Mar 19
2 min

Domestic workers and the Compensation Fund

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

Mar 16
3 min

Health & COVID at work

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

Feb 15
3 min

Hazardous Chemical Substances

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

Oct 4, 2020
2 min

Directions on Occupational Health and Safety in the workplace

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

Aug 11, 2020
4 min

Workplace Approach to Safety: The importance of using an expert

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

May 27, 2020
2 min

Is 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 27, 2020
3 min

COVID-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...

Mar 23, 2020
3 min

National COVID-19 Lockdown – From an Employers perspective

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

Mar 6, 2020
3 min

Coronavirus now in South-Africa

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

Feb 11, 2020
2 min

Coronavirus and Occupational Health & Safety

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

Jan 21, 2020
3 min

Safety Mindset: Safety culture in your workplace

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

Nov 28, 2019
2 min

Risk Assessment Fundamentals

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

Oct 7, 2019
1 min

The in's and out's of a SHE Committee

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

Aug 27, 2019
2 min

Are 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, 2019
3 min

Beginners Guide to Compiling a Safety File

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

May 28, 2019
3 min

Emergency Control and Response Plan

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

Apr 18, 2019
3 min

10 Factors that could cause the safety culture to decline

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

Apr 16, 2019
3 min

Integration of OHS into your Disciplinary Code

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

Mar 19, 2019
3 min

Workman's Compensation Reimbursements

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

Feb 13, 2019
2 min

Occupational Health & Safety for the 21st Century

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

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