Emendas Blog

Chipping Away at Compliance: Workforce Planning

To optimise the performance of your operations, you need the right people with the right skills in the right roles.

Posted 21 days ago by , Sarah Glover 7 Minute(s) to read

Most Business Issues Don't Arrive Unannounced

Risk is not just something to monitor or minimise. It provides insight into how work, systems, capability, communication, and decision-making interact in practice.

Posted 41 days ago by , Sarah Glover 6 Minute(s) to read

Chipping Away at Compliance: Emergency Management

A plan makes you prepared to respond better when disaster strikes! If everyone is aware of the plan and it is up to date, you stand the best chance of your people and property coming through it as unharmed as possible.

Posted 3 months ago by , Sarah Glover 7 Minute(s) to read

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Our Thoughts on 2026 H&S and Employment Reform

From an Emendas perspective, the intent is understandable, particularly for SMEs that are often overwhelmed by complex legal expectations. However, there is a genuine risk that these reforms could create false confidence rather than real certainty.

Posted 3 months ago by , Sarah Glover 3 Minute(s) to read

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Chipping Away at Compliance: Safe/Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions

To put it in simpler terms, you can use an SOP to let employees new and old know “how we do things ‘round here”. If you do it well, you can create a hugely valuable resource that captures a huge amount of information. They are useful for telling employees how to work, for human resource reference in job design and descriptions, and for backfilling health and safety management systems.

Posted 5 months ago by , Sarah Glover 8 Minute(s) to read

Chipping Away at Compliance: Self-Assessment, Audits, and Accreditation/Prequal

Regular check-ins around all aspects of H&S and HR compliance can keep your people safe, keep your operations smooth, and ensure you are ready when accreditation or prequal assessments roll around. Be ready, STAY ready, stay safe.

Posted 8 months ago by , Sarah Glover 6 Minute(s) to read

Chipping Away at Compliance: Policies

Business owners often consider policies to be overwhelming—and if you’re drowning in policy paperwork, you might be doing it in a way that’s not the most productive or efficient.

Posted 13 months ago by , Sarah Glover 7 Minute(s) to read

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Chipping Away at Compliance: Communication and Engagement

Communication is a crucial foundation for success in health and safety, human resources, quality assurance, and much more. Good communication becomes positive engagement, as informed workers are more likely to be happier and feel more connected in their workplace.

Posted 16 months ago by , Sarah Glover 7 Minute(s) to read

Chipping Away at Compliance: Corrective Action and Change Management

Course correction is a good and necessary thing. However, for change to be effective rather than disruptive, good change management is necessary. Throwing new policies and processes and equipment against the wall and hoping they stick is not the way to go (especially the throwing equipment part; don’t do that).

Posted 18 months ago by , Sarah Glover 8 Minute(s) to read

Chipping Away at Compliance: Event Reporting and Management

Sh*t happens! While most of what we do is aimed at preventing incidents and harm of any kind, things can and likely will still go down. And when it hits the fan, these events should be reported and managed appropriately.

Posted 22 months ago by , Sarah Glover 7 Minute(s) to read