Workplace Health and Safety Deregulation in South Australia

1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-484
Author(s):  
Kevin Purse
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
The Future ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety

In July 1998 the Soutb Australian goverment released a Discussion Paper concern ing the future of occupational bealth and safety regulation in South Australia. In examining the paradigm shift proposed in the Discussion Paper, this paper highlights the importance of workplace health and safety as public polig issues in Australia and seeks to locate the Discussion Paper within the broader context of deregulatory changes in the administration of occupational health and safety legislation that have occurred in South Australia in recent years. It identifies several fundamental flaws in the proposals put forward for change and suggests that the major problem with tbe regulation of occupational health and safety in South Australia is the failure to effectively administer the legislation. The paper also advances a number of proposals designed to achieve greater compliance with the legislation. It concludes that the major proposals contained in the Discussion Paper are unlikely to find widespread practical expression.

scholarly journals Drafting a Health and Safety Guide for Construction Forensics Practitloners

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
A. E. Fomenko
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety ◽  
Expert Community

Presented is a draft occupational health and safety manual for construction forensics practitioners. The draft guide was developed with the purpose of improving the reliability of workplace health and safety arrangements in construction forensics units within the system of the Russian Ministry of Justice. The expert community is invited to consider the proposed draft document.

Regulating Occupational Health and Safety in EU and China

2018 ◽  
pp. 48-76
Author(s):  
Kai Liu
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
General Obligation ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety ◽  
Legal Regimes

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is an important aspect of the labour protection field. This chapter compares OHS legal regimes of China and EU. Comprehensive workplace health and safety legislations of the two systems are described, and the different aspects, including for example, legislative aim, the legislation structure, general obligation, OHS insurance, moral harassment, law enforcement, etc., are detailed. Based on the analysis, conclusions are made and policy recommendations from both legislation aspect and enforcement aspect are provided.

Regulating Occupational Health and Safety in EU and China

2022 ◽  
pp. 1021-1042
Author(s):  
Kai Liu
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
General Obligation ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety ◽  
Legal Regimes

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is an important aspect of the labour protection field. This chapter compares OHS legal regimes of China and EU. Comprehensive workplace health and safety legislations of the two systems are described, and the different aspects, including for example, legislative aim, the legislation structure, general obligation, OHS insurance, moral harassment, law enforcement, etc., are detailed. Based on the analysis, conclusions are made and policy recommendations from both legislation aspect and enforcement aspect are provided.

Workplace Health and Safety: Report from Canada

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sass
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety ◽  
Worker Health And Safety

This article represents a critical analysis of the major policy responses to workplace health and safety in Canada. It examines the deficiencies inherent in the legislative development of Joint Health and Safety Committees in most Canadian jurisdictions, the limitations regarding standard-setting of worker exposure to contaminants, and disincentive for employers to positively improve the workplace because of Workers Compensation legislation. Collective bargaining agreements in Canada have had only limited positive effects, while the ultimate legal sanction of criminal prosecution by the regulatory agencies has weakened enforcement and compliance of existing regulations. There has never been a successful criminal prosecution of an employer in Canada, even for multiple deaths. The article suggests the following four reasons for this “underdevelopment” of occupational health and safety in Canada: (1) the concealment of the dimension of the incidence of industrial disease based on Workers Compensation Board statistics; (2) the application of an incorrect theory of causation of both industrial disease and injury by both managers and government administrators of occupational health and safety programs; (3) the resistance of both senior and middle managers against increased worker participation in both work organization and job design questions; and (4) the general “moral underdevelopment,” rather than ignorance, of managers in favoring economic considerations or values at the expense of worker health and safety. In light of the magnitude of the problem and the deficiencies of existing policy approaches, the author proposes the need for greater workplace democratization of production and industry as a necessary and sufficient reform of workplace health and safety.

scholarly journals “Occupational Health and Safety” Corporate Liability and the Regulation of Officers: New Zealand Reform

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Stella Kasoulides Paulson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Corporate Liability

<p>This paper examines the concept of corporate liability in the context of occupational health and safety in New Zealand. In particular it looks at the new duty of officers proposed in the Health and Safety Reform Bill 2014. New Zealand’s occupational health and safety framework has experienced a regulatory breakdown, stemming from its incomplete implementation of the Robens Model for health and safety regulation. That breakdown involves many flaws and gaps, especially as far as corporate liability is concerned, while the modern world of work has created new challenges to health and safety regulation. This setting demands a new regulatory tool to create effective corporate liability and increase the compliance of companies’. This article examines the new world of work and the inherent clash between OHS regulation and the corporate world to reveal two main conclusions; the major barrier to company compliance is a lack of effective inducement; and there is a desperate need to create health and safety leaders within companies, in order to create a positive health and safety culture. These two conclusions promote the main proposition of this paper, that the proposed duty of officers will be instrumental in improving the state of workplace health and safety. This paper examines the duty, as drafted, to emphasise its potential and to highlight certain flaws which may limit that potential.</p>

scholarly journals The pandemic and its impact on occupational health and safety among mechanical engineering industries in India

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-204
Author(s):  
Donald S Christian ◽  
Anjela D Christian
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Mechanical Field ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety ◽  
Engineering Industries

Workplace health and safety has been of paramount importance for any nation and the stakeholders- authorities, employers and workers – must have reasonable sensitization for the same. During the COVID 19 pandemic, lots of policy formulations and regulations had to incorporate within the industries for the health and welfare of the workers. The “new normal” will take some time for adjustments, challenges and implications to be implemented effectively and consistently. Certain processes in the workplace, especially in the mechanical engineering companies, are likely for high close contact incidences. Special situations pertaining to workers’’ health, like crowded accommodations, travel risks as well common canteens, all need to be reconsidered for providing safer environment to the workers, as far as the current pandemic is concerned. This requires coordinated efforts from all the stakeholders within the mechanical field through subconscious acceptance of the norms of safety and hygiene at all levels.

scholarly journals “Occupational Health and Safety” Corporate Liability and the Regulation of Officers: New Zealand Reform

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Stella Kasoulides Paulson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Corporate Liability

<p>This paper examines the concept of corporate liability in the context of occupational health and safety in New Zealand. In particular it looks at the new duty of officers proposed in the Health and Safety Reform Bill 2014. New Zealand’s occupational health and safety framework has experienced a regulatory breakdown, stemming from its incomplete implementation of the Robens Model for health and safety regulation. That breakdown involves many flaws and gaps, especially as far as corporate liability is concerned, while the modern world of work has created new challenges to health and safety regulation. This setting demands a new regulatory tool to create effective corporate liability and increase the compliance of companies’. This article examines the new world of work and the inherent clash between OHS regulation and the corporate world to reveal two main conclusions; the major barrier to company compliance is a lack of effective inducement; and there is a desperate need to create health and safety leaders within companies, in order to create a positive health and safety culture. These two conclusions promote the main proposition of this paper, that the proposed duty of officers will be instrumental in improving the state of workplace health and safety. This paper examines the duty, as drafted, to emphasise its potential and to highlight certain flaws which may limit that potential.</p>

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