The effort required to meet legislative Work Health & Safety (WHS) requirements (with traditional paper based policies, procedures and management systems) can become problematic and time consuming. Smart businesses therefore seek ways to simplify workplace safety and minimise the time required to manage their WHS related processes. At ABILITY GROUP we believe businesses should spend time constructively working towards workplace safety rather than wasting time unnecessarily managing these processes. The use of an online WHS system with integrated reminders can streamline processes and allow businesses to focus on their core business activities.
Improve Workplace Safety – At ABILITY GROUP we play a key advisory role in reviewing the competitive landscape to provide our clients/partners with insights that will assist in running their business more effectively or improve service. In NSW, Employers Mutual provide their workers compensation clients with access to their specialist online Work Health & Safety (WHS) management system, EMsafe at no cost. This not only makes it financially beneficial for NSW businesses to move their workers compensation policy to Employers Mutual but also provides an online solution that can streamline WHS processes that will assist in improving workplace safety.
A common difficulty with paper based WHS Management Systems (WHSMS) is that it can be difficult for for site WHS manager/s and representatives to access policies, procedures, etc if they are on other sites. This can result in inconsistent approaches to safety across each site (e.g. an employee on one site may not have access to or be aware of the safe operating procedure and therefore acts unsafely causing injury) which can result in injury and subsequent workers compensation claims.
Administrative effort can also be significantly reduced as EMsafe is designed in accordance with AS4801 and provides a range of templates with policies, procedures and other forms that can be customised to suit their business. This means a considerable amount of time, technical knowledge and often costs required to establish a WHSMS can be significantly reduced.
ABILITY GROUP provide businesses with specialist support in the implementation and management of WHS. Contact us to find out how we can help or if you would like further information regarding Employers Mutual member services.