Where do you stand on the usefulness of Industrial Manslaughter legislation as a deterrent or mechanism to hold directors & officers to account?

You’re not a health & safety practitioner, so how did you come across the notion of Safety-II?

What about an employer's duty to consult on issues related to COVID-19? The speed at which COVID-19 developed in New Zealand, coupled with the fact that many businesses have been shut down for the last month, would have made full consultation impractical for many.

First question: How do you decide what not to include in your H&S strategy? Scope creep is often the bane of every strategy.

For those that missed it, here's an infographic summary of the debate.

I'm curious to see how this plays out in the realm of pre-employment screening as well.

If an employee is a recreational cannabis user, and it's not illegal, but it gets picked up in a pre-employment screen, how will employers treat this? What if they're a 'Zero Tolerance' environment and a screen picks up trace elements from past usage?

Not enough has been made of 'weeded out'. That brought a chuckle.

Hi Theresa,

I think you are referring to these guys: http://dogsafeworkplace.com/

Chris

From the bottom photo, I'd guess this press conference wasn't in a parliamentary briefing room but actually at a worksite.