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Health and safety basics — business.govt.nz

WEBWorkSafe’s SafePlus online tool is a free health and safety survey. SafePlus asks everyone in your business to rate how well health and safety is working in key areas and …

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Great toolbox talks — business.govt.nz

WEBGreat toolbox and H&S talks. Let’s be honest, almost all of us have been to a company meeting and seen people bored, zoned out or rolling their eyes. We might have felt this …

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Why workplace wellbeing is important — business.govt.nz

WEBProviding your team with a safe and healthy workplace is an important part of running a business. If employees feel their wellbeing is being looked after at work, they are usually …

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Mental health in the workplace — business.govt.nz

WEBMental health runs across a spectrum from poor to excellent. This will be influenced by many things, eg family or work stress, fatigue, physical health conditions, and trauma. …

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Why we have this policy

WEBRead carefully. This introduces your policy and sets out how you will help your employees stay healthy and well at work. It also tells employees why you have created the policy …

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Worker engagement and participation — business.govt.nz

WEBIt’s all about two-way communication. Business owners must: ask for, listen to and take into account the views of workers when making decisions that may affect their health and …

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Stay at work/return to work

WEBInclude this policy to show employees how you may help them keep working or return to work after time off to recover from an illness or injury, or for other reasons (eg maternity …

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Boss burnout: Spot warning signs in yourself — business.govt.nz

WEBThinking about new possibilities now life isn’t going how you thought it would.”. Warning signs may include: changes to sleeping patterns. hard to make decisions. feeling …

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Sick leave — business.govt.nz

WEBIn the long run, it’ll keep your business more productive. After an employee has been working for you for 6 months, they're legally entitled to at least 10 days' paid sick leave a …

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Workplace Policy Builder

WEBThis tool guides you through the steps to create a variety of policies tailored to your workplace. A policy can be as short or as detailed as suits you. You can save a draft …

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What you need to know about policies and procedures

WEBThe benefit of policies and procedures. Policies and procedures are an important tool in managing your employees. They work alongside employment agreements to make sure …

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How to assess health and safety risks — business.govt.nz

WEB1. Look for risks. Together with your staff, look for risks caused by your work. This includes obvious things like unsafe machinery, and less obvious issues that might affect people's …

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Mental health and wellbeing support — business.govt.nz

WEBIf you feel a bit overwhelmed, anxious or just want to talk, free services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: call or text 1737 for support from a trained counsellor. …

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Plans, tools and learning from incidents — business.govt.nz

WEBHow to assess health and safety risks. Serious incidents must be reported as soon as possible to WorkSafe on 0800 030 040. You must also keep a record of these. The …

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What to expect from WorkSafe visits — business.govt.nz

WEBStep 2. Observation. The inspector will then walk around your work to see if what they’ve heard from you matches what they actually see happening. Step 3. Examination. If the …

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Claiming expenses — business.govt.nz

WEBYou can claim 100% of expenses that are solely for business purposes, eg a business phone line. For the rest, you can claim the proportion of your house that you use for …

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Looking after your employees — business.govt.nz

WEBBusiness.govt.nz has been working with the Health Promotion Agency to develop a new health and wellbeing policy that can be customised to your business. A workplace …

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Rapid Antigen Testing — business.govt.nz

WEBRapid Antigen Tests. Rapid Antigen Tests are COVID-19 tests that give a result much more quickly (often within 20 minutes), than the PCR tests that are currently used nationwide. …

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