Work Health And Safety
Discover essential resources, guidelines, and tips on work health and safety. Learn about workplace hazards, safety protocols, legal requirements, and how to create a safer environment for employees.
Sentrient’s One-Minute Audit To Ensure Workplace Health And Safety
By now, you have become acquainted with the five core strategies industry leaders use to create highly successful businesses. These core strategies we have seen in place in all highly successful organisations we have associated with; they also show up as statistical facts in our industry research. These strategies are also tried and tested in […]
5 Steps to Create a Workplace that is Free from Bullying and Harassment
Workplace bullying is one of the most time-consuming and complex issues to resolve in any workplace. There is often mixed opinion on what is bullying and what is not bullying, and it can occur from the top down or the bottom up. Those who have been involved in HR for some time and have had […]
Amazon Prime Day Sale: Workers On Strike Due To Work Health And Safety Issues
If you do not work enough, like 200 to 400 units an hour, you would get written up for the week, and if you get so many write-ups, you lose your job.–Workers at Amazon’s Minnesota Facility Did you know that Amazon Prime Day Sale has been estimated to bring approximately $5.8B in sales? Furthermore, this […]
I’ll Take A Pint Of COMMON SENSE With A Dash Of COMPLIANCE
Ahhh.. Now, that is refreshing. These days, within Australian workplaces, there seems to be far too much workplace COMPLIANCE and far too little COMMON SENSE. What organisations are bucking the trend? The organisations that are bucking the trend are those businesses that regularly appear in the list of The 100 Best Places to Work in […]
Are You Building Your Workplace Culture Out Of Straw, Sticks Or Bricks?
For generations, parents, teachers and coaches have used the story of The Three Little Pigs as a way to inspire their children to work hard, make good decisions and ultimately do the right thing. Like all good stories, the implications of not complying are played out to reinforce the learning! So, when the ‘Big Bad Bully’ […]
Step #6 Have A Management Team That Foster A Good Workplace Culture
Regardless of how we train people or what policies and procedures we have in place, like most things in life, it’s a case of show me, don’t tell me. What we see and hear is often what we follow. Management, just like good parenting, requires a positive role model. Based on a survey conducted by […]
Step #5 Ensure That Employees Understand How To Identify, Report And Resolve Workplace Incidents
There is a common theme across this workplace compliance series the best organisations have a robust workplace compliance system in place. One that educates their staff and delivers policies and procedures to help people know what to do if there is a fair work, privacy or health and safety incident in the workplace. Education is […]
Step #4 Respect the Your Honour Test
It is 9.30 am on a Monday morning. Your Human Resource Manager comes into your office with a concerned look on her face. There’s been a report of misconduct at your Christmas Party from last Friday night. The misconduct was of a sexual nature, and word has spread. As a CEO, it’s definitely not the […]
Mistake #6 Most Businesses Have A Management Team That Give ‘Lip Service’ To Good Workplace Culture
Perhaps the BIGGEST mistake of all… It is having senior managers and executives within an organisation that give ‘lip service’ to appropriate conduct in the workplace. It is the silent killer of your workplace culture! Let’s first explore the definition of lip service… Lip service: NOUN, support or agreement that does not appear to be […]
Mistake #5 Most Businesses Do Not Have Processes For Reporting Workplace Incidents
Workplace compliance goes well beyond just training your staff. Many organisations make an effort to educate their people on things such as health and safety, privacy, bullying, sexual harassment, and discrimination. However, most do not back it up with appropriate workplace policies and procedures to guide their people in the event of a workplace incident. This […]