I read the “Boardroom” magazine by IOD which had comments by Phil Parkes. I particularly liked Phil's closing remark that Officers should place less emphasis on the monthly board report and get out to speak to workers to see what workers real problems are....rather than the sanitised boardroom version

If WorkSafe aren’t going to protect our workplaces what hope do you have with the smoke free regulatory body. You may as well join the employee and light up in the spirit of “if you can’t beat them , join them”

Ive been trying to engage with various boards after I saw Nicole Rosie speaking on “Insights” to Peter Chrisp about Leadership. I have to say its been a hard road to hoe, most boards aren’t in the least interested in Section 44, they don’t understand due diligence and are often more focused on financial maters. Clearly this is at the boards peril. I believe this wont change until an example has been made and an officer(s) are charged by the regulators. Interestingly Police in the UK prosecute the workplace fatals, so there are more likely more officers charged in the UK. I wonder if this is the way NZ should be heading - Police conducting the investigations and taking it to prosecution

how is contracting out described in the Act? I think you may be confusing “normal” terms with terms in legislation