Health & Safety Essentials 101: Building Safer Workplaces Through Leadership, Risk Management, and Engagement"

New Zealand’s performance in workplace health and safety remains poor compared to other OECD countries, but what is it that needs fixing, is it leadership, our approach to the management of risk or the opportunities we give to our workforce to participate. In this lunch and learn session we will explore the current workplace health and safety environment from our performance as a country to the governments proposed legislative reform and WorkSafe NZ ‘s performance to the outcome of the recent Maritime NZ prosecution of the ex-Ports of Auckland CEO.  

What does the current environment mean for your business and what should you do to keep your people safe.

Greg Dearsly is a health and safety professional in his 25th
year of practice. A past President of both the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM) and the International Network of Safety and Health Professional Organisations (INSHPO), Greg’s career spans work as a Corporate Health and Safety Manager in the Waste and Recycling industry to running his own business providing health and safety guideance to business across a range of sectors both small and large. Greg is currently Chair of Samaritans Manawatū, Board member of Samaritans NZ and on the Committee of the Manawatū branch of the Institute of Directors. He has a Master’s in Advanced Leadership Practices,  a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health and is a Certified Cultural Intelligence Facilitator.

Doors open at 12.15 for light lunch and networking.