OHS & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
"The Hidden Agenda"

1day

The OHS component of an issue in the work place is only part of the issue - there is always an ‘industrial’ component.  Thus it is important to remember:
1.      You don’t resolve I.R. disputes by pretending they are OHS issues.
2.      If OHS issues don’t get resolved, they eventually become I.R. disputes.

            (“McIvor’s First and Second Laws of OHS in the Workplace”!)

Protecting workers from injuries and illnesses in the workplace has always been one of the foremost concerns of the Australian trade union movement. Clearly, workplace health and safety is a legitimate trade union issue.  The ACTU adopted a comprehensive policy and approach to occupational health and safety (in 1979).  Subsequent updates occurred in 1981, 1983 and most recently in 1993.

Course Aims

• understand the essential differences between OHS and industrial issues in their workplaces

• understand trade union perspectives on OHS

• develop strategies to deal with OHS issues separately from attempting to resolve I.R. disputes

• defining the OHS component by dealing with the OHS facts - through the identification, assessment and control process

Who Should Attend

• supervisors and line managers

• health and safety representatives and members of health and safety committees 

Duration

• 1 day

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