Our commitment to a safe work place for all
We commit to:
- developing and maintaining a proactive safety culture where WHS legislation from Australia and New Zealand is integrated into our everyday work.
- all of our WHS Officers and employees modelling strong health and safety leadership in growing a proactive WHS culture.
- a zero tolerance of bullying, harassment, discrimination and sexual harassment.
- WHS being a standing agenda item for Board, Executive, Branch and Section level meetings.
- ensuring that psychosocial and physical health and safety is integrated into aspects of Agency and team planning.
- ensuring WHS risk management is incorporated into all business activities and that hazard identification, risk assessment and control is an on-going process to prevent work-related injury and illness to workers and others.
- promoting and protecting the psychosocial health and physical safety of all workers by encouraging open discussions at all levels of the business.
- using measures such as the annual APS Employee Census and periodic Pulse Polls to inform health and wellbeing initiatives.
- providing and maintaining workplaces without risks to health and safety.
- continually improving our WHS performance and management systems.
In relation to the management of health and safety risks FSANZ undertakes to:
- ensure processes are implemented to facilitate timely responses to incidents.
- conduct periodic WHS inspections to identify and manage hazards (psychosocial and physical) so as to reduce or eliminate health and safety risks, as far as is reasonably practicable.
- consult and co-operate with our landlords in managing health and safety risks.
In relation to WHS training and information, FSANZ will:
- provide workers with appropriate WHS training and information.
- provide WHS information (briefs) to people who visit our workplaces.
FSANZ will ensure:
- health and safety implications are considered during organisational change and in the procurement of goods and services.
- ensure processes are implemented to comply with specific duties and obligations, such as consultation, incident notification, training, compliance with notices.
- processes are in place to provide assurance about the WHS management system.
- appropriate resources are provided and regularly monitored to meet the requirements of this policy.
