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Safe Work Week will be launched at the inaugural WHS Symposium in Brisbane on Tuesday 4 October with a focus on the future with employers and workers hearing about the new national system of work safe laws coming into effect on January 1.
Speakers at the symposium will include Workplace Health and Safety Queensland Safety Ambassador Mal Meninga, Barry Sherrif of Norton Rose Australia, Robin Stewart-Crompton of RSC Advising and Professor Niki Ellis of the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research.
Speakers will outline details of the harmonisation of federal, state and territory health and safety laws, bringing certainty and uniformity for employers and workers as well as the Zero Harm at Work Leadership Program which involves business and union leaders targeting workplace safety.
Safe Work Week is of vital importance in spreading the message throughout the entire community that workplace safety is for everyone - and that we all have a role in cutting injury and death from the workplace.
There will be a range of activities held throughout the state during October to promote Safe Work Week, with a special focus on the move to nationally harmonised WHS laws.
The winners in the annual Queensland Safe Work Awards will be
announced on Wednesday 26 October and a breakfast promotion will be
held in King George Square on Friday 28 October when everyone can
come along to meet Mal Meninga, receive free health checks, pick up
the latest WHS resources and enjoy a free heart smart
breakfast.
As well as the events hosted by WHSQ, hundreds of activities will
be happening in Queensland workplaces, all focusing on workplace
safety.
Safe Work Week is a perfect opportunity for employers, big and small, to take positive steps towards boosting safety in their own workplaces by holding a safety activity for their staff.
The activity need not be huge, take a lot of time or cost a lot of money to be effective.
A tool box talk on how to avoid sprains and strains, a safety suggestion box or safety sausage sizzle can get workers involved and thinking about workplace safety.
For more information on Safe Work Week and how to get involved,
visit www.worksafe.qld.gov.au
or telephone 1300 369 915.