BSBLDR412-WHS-Policy-and-Procedure

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Work Health and Safety Policy It is the policy of The Righteous Bean to provide a safe and healthy work environment for its employees, contractors and customers, and to recognise the importance of keeping the health and safety standards in our workplaces under constant review. The Righteous Bean believes that all workplace injuries are preventable. The responsibility for safety begins with the Managing Director and is shared throughout the organisation with all representatives of The Righteous Bean, employees and any visitors to our workplaces. The purpose of the WHS policy is to identify work health safety responsibilities at each function and level in line with WHS legislative requirements, as well as outline the commitment of The Righteous Bean, as 'Person conducting a business or undertaking' (PCBU), to: provide and maintain a work environment that is safe and without risk to health and safety, including the entering and exiting of the workplace provide safe appliances, structures and systems identify hazards and manage risks and review risk control measures provide safe systems of work provide adequate facilities for the welfare of our workers at workplaces under our Management and control provide workers with information, instruction, training or supervision needed for them to work safely and without risks to their health monitor the health and safety of our workers and the conditions of the workplace to prevent injury or illness. WHS Legislation Workplace Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (NSW) WHS Policy and Procedure 1 of 7
WHS Responsibilities Our Business as a PCBU Under WHS legislation, The Righteous Bean has a primary duty of care to ensure the health and safety of The Righteous Bean employees, contractors, visitors and customers in the workplace, so far as reasonably practicable. The Righteous Bean’s Officers: The Righteous Bean Officers must exercise due diligence to ensure that The Righteous Bean complies with its duties under work health and safety legislation. In demonstrating due diligence, officers must show that they have taken reasonable steps to: have an up to date knowledge of work health and safety matters understand business operations understand hazards and risks ensure that The Righteous Bean uses appropriate resources and processes to eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety ensure The Righteous Bean has processes for receiving, considering and responding to information on hazards and risks in a timely way ensure that The Righteous Bean implements processes for complying with any duty they have, and verify that all of this is being done. An officer is a person who makes decisions or participates in making decisions that affect the whole, or a substantial part, of a business or undertaking and has the capacity to significantly affect the financial standing of the business or undertaking. In the context of The Righteous Bean, this refers to the Managing Director The Righteous Bean’s workers (and others) All Workers The Righteous Bean workers (including managers, employees, contractors, sub-contractors and volunteers) must, while at work, take reasonable care for their own safety and ensure that they do not adversely affect the health and safety of others. A worker must comply with any reasonable instruction and co-operate with The Righteous Bean WHS Policy and WHS procedures. Managers and team leaders Team leaders and managers are responsible for ensuring that their team members have a clear understanding of WHS legislative and organisational requirements relevant to their WHS Policy and Procedure 2 of 7
job role. Team leaders and managers must also keep their teams up to date with any changes, issues or hazards that may impact their work. Team leaders and managers must ensure that the information provided is understood by every person within their team. Customers and visitors The Righteous Bean clients, customers and visitors must also take reasonable care for their own safety and ensure that they do not adversely affect the health and safety of others. A worker must comply with any reasonable instruction and co-operate with The Righteous Bean’s WHS Policy and WHS procedures. Health and Safety Representative A Health and Safety Representative (HSR) will be elected by employees to represent workers on health and safety matters. The elected HSR will be provided the opportunity to undertake WHS training at the company’s expense and will be provided adequate time to carry out their HSR role at normal pay. The HSR will facilitate the flow of information about health and safety between the business and employees. The HSR will monitor the health and safety actions taken by the business, investigate workers' complaints and consider anything that might be a risk to the health and safety of the workers they represent. If a HSR has completed SafeWork NSW approved HSR training, they can also direct unsafe work to stop when they have a reasonable concern that carrying out the work would expose a worker to a serious risk. A direction to stop work can only be given if the issue has not been resolved by consultation (unless the risk is so serious that it's unreasonable to consult first). Procedures Participative Processes WHS issues will be discussed during staff meetings. Weekly team meetings at each site provide an opportunity for staff to discuss immediate concerns. WHS is to be a permanent agenda item at all team meetings. The team leader will facilitate WHS discussions throughout staff meetings. Any issues, hazards or suggestions relating to WHS should be recorded in the meeting minutes and reported to the HSR and Management immediately. WHS will be a permanent agenda item at Management Meetings and Quarterly Staff Meetings. The HSR is responsible for presenting this part of the meeting agenda. WHS Policy and Procedure 3 of 7
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