Member services: health and safety

Keeping your employees healthy and free from injuries has a positive impact on your business. You can reduce absence and turnover, and increase morale, job satisfaction and productivity.

Employers have an important role in managing workplace health and safety, but putting all the pieces together can be a bit overwhelming. The EMA Central health and safety team can support you to identify your needs and implement effective programmes. We can help you find solutions that meet the needs of your organization and your employees.

More about the health and safety team

• What we do
• Services we offer
• Team member profiles

What we do

The health and safety team provide high quality, practical advice and assistance to employers in all areas of health and safety management and the ACC Workplace Incentive programmes.

Our health and safety specialists have a background of working in industry, the service sector and government. This experience gives them an in-depth understanding of the practical issues that face employers in meeting their health and safety obligations and managing ACC responsibilities.

Services we offer

The health and safety team is available to all members through the EMA advice line. In addition, we also provide the following consulting services:

• Management support and coaching
• ACC Workplace incentive programmes
• Health and safety training
• Advocacy

Management support and coaching

• Project management for in-house health and safety programme development and implementation;
• Coaching/mentoring of staff who are in a health and safety role within an organisation;
• External health and safety services for employers who do not have the resources within their organisation;
• Independent and specialist accident investigation;
• Advice and representation for employers who are facing enforcement action from the Department of Labour.

ACC Workplace incentive programmes

• A pre-audit or audit service - we have ACC-approved auditors who undertake WSMP and Partnership Programme audits;
• Representation for employers in ACC reviews;
• Advice and training on meeting Partnership Programme requirements and implications of changes to the Partnership Programme.

Health and safety training

Advocacy

• Represent employer interests in the development (or changes to) health and safety and ACC legislation, codes of practice and guidelines;
• Effectively advise EMA members on the implications of changes.

Team member profiles

The health and safety team comprises four specialist health and safety consultants, three based in Wellington and one in Napier. We also have special relationships with approved providers to enable comprehensive coverage throughout the central region.

The team members are:

• Jenny Webb
• David Wutzler
• Shirlene Vautier
• Darryl LeClaire

This is what we do:

• Health and safety management policy and procedure development.
• Advice on legislation and codes of practice.
• Audits of OHS systems and hazard identification.
• Workplace assessment and training to avoid OOS.
• Advice on ACC.
• Seminars and competency based training on OHS management and ACC.

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