Occupational Health & Safety Policy
Staffing is committed to the proper management of occupational health, safety and welfare, and to providing and maintaining, as far as is practicable, a work environment that is safe and without risks to health.
Staffing expects its staff, contractors and visitors to take reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety in the workplace, and to foster and support the implementation of Staffing policy concerning health and safety. Staffing encourages everyone to regard accident prevention and working safely as a collective and individual responsibility.
In the event of a work related injury we will take all necessary steps to ensure the injury does not happen again. Should one of our employees incur a work related injury that means they are unable to continue their normal work we will provide the necessary assistance for them to remain at work, or return to work as soon as it is safely possible. We will do this through risk management and occupational rehabilitation and our commitments are as follows:
- take all practicable steps to identify, assess and control any known or potential risks to employees and visitors
- encourage the early reporting of any symptoms of an injury or disease related to the work we undertake
- investigate all incidents, accidents, injuries or near misses to identify their cause(s) and prevent them happening again
- comply with all our legal obligations, including notification of incidents to Worksafe Victoria when required
- assist our injured employees to remain at work or return to work at the earliest opportunity.
Specifically our Return to Work Policy is that:
- return to work planning will commence as soon as possible after an injury, consistent with medical advice
- remaining at or early return to work following injury is a normal expectation of this workplace
- treatment, return to work activities and any reasonably necessary occupational rehabilitation services will begin as soon as they are necessary
- suitable employment, including modified or alternate duties, consistent with medical opinion, will be made available to all injured employees at the earliest opportunity
- an individual return to work plan will be established with any employee who is unable to work for 10 calendar days or more. This plan will be developed at the earliest opportunity, in consultation with our injured employee and their treating practitioner
- consultation and communication with all employees in the development and review of our occupational rehabilitation program and individual return to work plans will occur
- confidentiality of employee's information obtained during their return to work or while undertaking occupational rehabilitation services will be maintained