Health and Safety Bulletin Archive April 2010

Sick employee abroad? YOUR responsibility!

The last couple of weeks’ pandemonium with the grounded planes, and cancelled flights, got me thinking about travelling for work purposes. Employers have very definite obligations to employees who travel (both locally and abroad) on business…

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Would you pay your employees to review company health and safety?

I know… your employees should practice and implement safety measures without you having to “bribe” them. But, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, in the US, is only worried about results right now.

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Treat foreign workers the same, or face closure!

Christel is taking a well-deserved holiday this week, so I’m standing in for her this time. Just before she left, she passed on a very interesting piece of information about foreigners working in South Africa, and the Department of Labour’s new measures to ensure they’re receiving the rights they deserve with regard to health and safety…

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PPE is NON-NEGOTIABLE!

One of the major complaints I hear from employers is the difficulty they have enforcing the rule that all employees must wear their PPE. A few weeks ago, I received a question from a subscriber describing just such a problem. The situation was so commonplace, I wanted to share it with you here.

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