OHS Consultation

Employees should be involved in discussions about proposed changes in OHS matters that may affect their health and safety at work. Employees are closer to the work being carried out on a day-to-day basis and so have valuable information on how the jobs are actually done. Their solutions to problems will often make the OHS Management System better.

All OHS legislation requires employers to actively consult with relevant stakeholders (employees, contractors etc) about issues that could affect health and safety within the workplace. Each state/country differs in what type of formalised consultation arrangements are required to demonstrate consultation occurs within the workplace.

Communication

Providing appropriate communication of OHS information to your employees and sub contractors ensures that everybody is made aware of the requirements of the OHS Management system and they understand the importance of following the System. Different methods of communication may be through – staff meetings, newsletters, emails, noticeboards, hand over books

Reporting

It is important that the organisation can provide information on the OHS function. Examples of records that should be kept:-