National Action Agenda 2010–2013
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Everyone Contributes
Many different groups can make an important contribution to realising the Workplace Health and Safety Strategy vision of 'healthy people in safe and productive workplaces'.
- Government: Maintains a robust legislative framework for workplace health and safety, leads the Strategy and Action Agenda, is active in workplaces and is clear about its role and why it intervenes.
- Workplace Health and Safety Council: Actively engages as the peak body for New Zealand health and safety and is an effective conduit for the businesses and workers it represents.
- Accident Compensation Corporation: An active partner in injury prevention and provides comprehensive no-fault personal injury cover for all New Zealand residents and visitors. ACC leads New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy initiatives, programmes and incentives to promote health and safety outcomes.
- Employers: Meeting their responsibilities to manage hazards and keep their workplaces safe, routinely reporting health and safety performance as part of their commitment and engaging positively with health and safety representatives in their workplace.
- Unions: Ensure effective worker participation in health and safety and support the national network of health and safety representatives.
- Industry associations and peak bodies: Communicate industry-tailored guidance, train and support their membership and promote quality standards.
- Business and sector leaders: Champion health and safety and drive positive change and strategic direction in their workplaces and benchmark health and safety performance to achieve workplace health and safety targets.
- Health and safety representatives: Are advocates and champions for health and safety and are involved in the health and safety management in their workplaces.
- Occupational health professionals: Skills fully utilised in providing symptomatic relief and restored function for workers and are engaged in developing the wider system for occupational health.
- Health and safety professionals: Preventing work-related ill health and injuries through their expertise in organisational health and safety management systems, including risk assessment, setting high standards and raising awareness of health and safety in the wider workplace.
- Employees/workers: Well informed and taking responsibility for the health and safety of others and themselves.