Tag: Health & Safety

We aim to share short, informative posts on current developments and ideas in the HR space that are of practical use to employers and employees alike!

The Essential HR Team wants to make sure you always know what is happening in the world of human resources. Here we provide you with latest news and updates from Essential HR, as we identify them.  This includes our own analyses, summaries of key legal developments month by month, and useful tips for your organisation.


Covid-19 – Unlocking!

Vital things that you need to know as we come out of Level 4 lockdown and into Level 3...

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Covid-19 – Breaking news – Steps needed to Unlock!

The steps you need to take as we look at the possibility to moving to Level 3...

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Christmas Parties without Problems

Have you ever attended a Christmas party that ended with a very embarrassed staff member (or two) arriving at work the next day to a little, or a lot, of ribbing following some less that professional conduct - This is an article Mike wrote for the Ashburton Guardian with some helpful reminders.

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First sentence under the new H&S at Work Act

The 2015 Act has fined a company $100,000 for not having controls over a known risk.  And the fine would have been $275,000 if the company could pay.  

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Complying with the Health and Safety at Work Act

This law takes effect on 4 April.  If you have not yet done so, you should update your system.  For effective systems this should not be too difficult - checklist below. You could make it part of an annual review of the system.

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New Health and Safety laws

The new H&S law takes effect from 1 April.  If you don't have a system in place or it hasn't been reviewed for a while, now would be a very good time to sort it. 

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Legislation Changes - Drink Driving

Do you allow any alcohol consumption at work, at work functions or at work premises after work? The combination of lower legal alcohol limits and new H & S laws next…

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Select Committees

The message I got was 'be encouraged to talk to them'.

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Keeping You Posted

10 January 2024

Essential Update - First update of 2024

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4 December 2023

Final 2023 Essential Update

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9 November 2023

Essential Update - 9th November 2023

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