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Incident Investigation: Make The Most of An Opportunity to Improve
Good, unbiased incident investigations are an investment into preventing similar or worse things from happening in the future. They are an opportunity to do better, and one that any business owner should grasp with both hands.
An incident doesn’t even need to fully eventuate to warrant an investigation. Investigating a near miss can be just as impactful—and you don’t need to suffer the consequences.
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Return to Work: Plan For a Smooth Transition
Having an employee who has suffered an injury or other event return to work is important for all involved. You as the employer get your trained team member back on board, they take an important step in their mental and physical recovery, and ACC can stop paying for their time off.
However, it’s often not as simple as having them show up on a Monday and get back into it. For a successful return to work period, you must have a plan in place.
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Injury Prevention At Work: Tips For Keeping Yourself Safe
There are things that employees can do to contribute to their own safety and wellbeing while on the job. An injury will affect you as the worker most of all, so it’s a good idea to take all possible precautions to prevent one.
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One of the Good Ones: Why Compliance Matters
For each rule, there is a reason—and the reason is that someone, somewhere, has been endangered or mistreated by an employer. Not all business owners are good people, and the H&S and HR laws in place ARE necessary to protect employees from those who seek to take advantage of them or endanger them.
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Prepare Your Workplace For a Safe Winter
It’s not often that you are forewarned of difficult conditions coming your way. But winter comes around every year—there’s no excuse to be unprepared for it! There are several ways that your business should be preparing for colder weather, more rain and damp, and other winter woes.
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Workplace Planning For Resiliency
Owners, managers, and leaders in any organisation often find that they hold sole responsibility for an important part of the operations, with no-one else able to tag in. This can lead to stress, burnout, and reduced productivity.
Workplace planning can help your organisation identify and mitigate this and other important issues.
How Good Sleep Helps With Risk Reduction And Workplace Productivity
Sleep is a topic we hold close to our hearts here at Emendas. Both because WE love to sleep, and because we think that sleep is vital to wellbeing and work capacity.
From a business perspective, sleep can make a big impact on workplace productivity and safety.
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Business Emergency Response Plans: Are You Prepared?
Kiwis famously think that “she’ll be right”, and while that attitude is fun at parties it’s not so appealing in an emergency situation. Get prepared and come through better off!
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Employment Agreements and Policies: Create A Framework For Success
Employment agreements and company policies are crucial building blocks of your culture and HR operations, setting both you and your teams up for success. Create a framework that empowers your people and reduces confusion and conflict.
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Why New Year's Resolutions Fail—And How To See Them Through
A successful resolution, adhered to consistently, can create momentum that will change your health, habits, work, and life. However, repeatedly making promises to yourself and breaking them can be discouraging and harmful to your mental state.
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