Workplace Compliance

Workplace compliance goes well beyond just training your staff. Many organisations make an effort to educate their people on things such as health and safety, privacy, bullying, sexual harassment, and discrimination. However, most do not back it up with appropriate workplace policies and procedures to guide their people in the event of a workplace incident. This […]

I’ve never come across an ‘insurance policy’ for workplace compliance. That’s because the only protection is, in fact, having a robust workplace compliance regime in place for your organisation, regardless of your size. The blind spot for many Australian businesses Some of Australia’s largest organisations implement highly sophisticated and expensive workplace compliance systems, only to […]

Guidance around workplace compliance will vary depending on what industry you are in and who you go to for advice. It can be anything from ‘too light’ (in other words, you’re exposed, and the impacts will cause you pain) to ‘too heavy’ (in other words, you’re not exposed, but now you are swimming in too […]

In life and in business, we are often blindsided by ignorantly thinking that it won’t happen to me. Unfortunately, in today’s business environment, it is no longer a case of ‘if’ it will happen, but rather ‘when’ it will happen. And ‘when’ it happens, if your organisation does not have the right workplace training, policies […]

So let’s start with a person you’ve probably heard a few of your work colleagues mumble about. After a ‘worst case scenario’ has played out. Yes, that’s right. We’re talking about Murphy’s Law, which has become somewhat of a cliche when it comes to risk mitigation or conversations around ‘worst case scenarios’ in life and in the […]

It is impossible for a business to create a workplace culture that is safe, fair and equitable when it routinely misses compliance training and fails to manage the compliance requirements of its new and existing workers. Why is workplace compliance so hard? What is preventing businesses from putting a workplace compliance system in place? In […]