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Assessment-1
Part: A Task: 1
Name and address of the organisation: -
Name of Company: - Xero
CEO of the company: - Steve Vamos
Address: - 1/6, Elizabeth Street, Hawthorn, Melbourne, VIC 3122.
Contact: -+61 290788242
PCBU: - Chaman Sidhu
Duties of PCBU: - Leads legal operations, legal strategy and compliance, governance, and risk
management.
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Take actions to investigate any accidents and to prevent them from happening again.
Consult and cooperate with employees and their representatives on occupational health and
safety measures.
Ensure that the work does not cause harm to anybody at or involved with the workplace.
Manual Handling:
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Fast repetitive work causes manual handling injuries. The company keeps areas free from
clutter to help avoiding manual handling.
Gives regular break to help reduce the risk of some manual handling injuries.
Mechanical Equipment:
The Company does not use any unsafe mechanical equipment that can harm the workers.
The company makes sure that whether the worker is experienced or he/she must pay as
much attention as someone who is new to using it.
Electricity:
The Company recruits licensed workers or electricians to work on electrical equipment’s.
The electrical equipment’s are kept away from wet areas.
Bullying:
Seek advice from another person, for example a supervisor or manager, human resources
officer or health and safety representative to help you work out if the behavior you have
been experiencing is workplace bullying, as early as possible.
Check if the workplace has a bullying policy and reporting procedure you can follow. The
policy should outline how your organization will prevent and respond to workplace
bullying.
Harassment:
Apply and comply with the employer’s policies and procedures on harassment. Include any
appropriate conduct or comment by a person towards a worker that the person knew or
reasonably ought to have known would cause that worker to be humiliated or intimidated.
Exclude any reasonable action taken by an employer or supervisor relating to the
management and direction of workers or the place of employment.
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Office layout:
The office should be in proper lighting conditions like designing your office so that the
major light source is natural lighting throu0gh windows can improve employee morale and
keep the space well-lit throughout the day.
To ensure your office layout is in accordance with health and safety regulations make sure
the flow of the office is unobstructed.
Accident investigation:
Accident investigation is the scientific and academic analysis of the facts that occurred
during an accident.
An investigation is conducted to identify the root cause of an accident in an effort to make
recommendations or take corrective actions to prevent the future occurrence of the same
or a similar event.
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2. Insurance policies
Xero also provides insurance to all the workers and employees including HR. Special
policies are signed for the safety of workers were the company provides the insurance
services which gives compensate on the injuries or illness of the employees.
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The success of any business will be seen in terms of all spherical growth, action of the business
goals, and satisfactory geographic point. After we begin a brand new business, it becomes
obligatory to implement health and safety practices for maintaining a secure operating setting for
the workers, staff, customers, volunteers and suppliers. This can be done to confirm that our
business doesn’t produce health and safety issues and runs expeditiously.
WHS training:
According to the local legislation the Work Health Safety Act, WHS training to the employers is
important to secure safe workplace.
Section 31 (2) (c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985 states that employers should
consult with HSC and HSR related to work activities.
The training and instructions should be given to the employees about the hazards, fire and
emergency, first-aid training should also be given so that they can ensure their own safety. The
changes made in the rules and regulations should be updated to the employees.
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Manual Handling:
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, as modified by the HSC regulations 2002 signifies
that how the worker should avoid and prevent the risk of manual handling.
This Act focuses on the safety of the workers which are caused due to moving and handling.
Information of handling the heavy loads should be specified through sign boards and notices.
If any organisation is not able to safeguard the manual handlings of any employee, then the
organisation has to pay the compensation up to 50,000 AUD.
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the aggression and violence. Actions should be taken for and against for the conflicts taking place
between the workers.
Justice should be done by the employer to the workers as it is one of the hazards which may cause
physical and psychological harm to the employee and also to the company directly or indirectly as
aggression can turn into violence which will lead to damage to the property and also can injure the
worker which company has to yield the medical expenses.
Bullying:
Under the Workplace Health and Safety Act, 1995 bullying is considered as unlawful. Prejudice
because of cast, creed, and individual race between staff members can lead to offensive conflicts.
Bullying in workplace also comes under hazard which ills the employee psychologically which
consequence into lower viability of the employee.
According to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) it is the employer, HSR, PCBU’s
responsibility to seek the cooperative environment in the workplace and monitor and review the
workplace, and everyone are treated fairly in the workplace, and if any transpired then immediate
action should be taken against the employee and have to pay the penalty set by the organization
and it should be around 20,000AUD
Harassment:
Harassment clause are comprised in the WHS legislation, including the following acts:
Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 excludes the offensive behaviour
towards employee due to racial hatred, color, cast and individual race.
Section 28A of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 describes the sexual harassment offended
in the workplace.
Section 25 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 prohibits the harassment on the
infirmity of the workers.
The organization should take initiatives against harassment and humiliation to shape a healthy
workplace. As it is an offence the penalties should be received by the organization according the
WHS legislation.
Hazards:
There are hazards on every workplace and to prevent it the Occupational Health and Safety Act
was passed by the Australian Government to ensure a healthy and safe workplace. This act implies
workplace should be free from all the hazards and risks to develop the company effectively.
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Hierarchy of controls
Engineering controls
Administrative Controls
Personal Protective Equipment
Training and Education.
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Part: A Task: 3
Model WHS laws Local WHS laws Comments
Section 20(1) Section 21 Both the provisions are
A duty to ensure health and An employer must be identical.
safety of workplace and the reasonably practicable, offer
workers. To eliminate or and maintain for employees of
minimize risks so far as is the employer a working
reasonably practicable. environment that is safe and
without risks to health.
Section 19 Section 21 The local WHS and the model
The PCBU control the The HSC and HSR takes the WHS are different in the
workplaces and take all the responsibility of ensuring the representative of workplace.
decisions to ensure the workplace. HSC and HSR are
workplace. PCBU should hired for WHSMS.
keep a look to the workers and
consult them about the WHS
policy and procedures.
Section 32 and Section 33 Breach of safety duty, without The penalty differs in of both
offence irresponsibility. the breach of policies.
Breach of policy- Individual: 3000 penalty
lower maximum penalty for Officer: 5600
offences that do not create a Corporate: 10000
risk of serious injury
Individual: $150 000
Officer: $300 000
Corporate: $1 500 000
Both the employer and employees participate in the managing risks and hazards at
the workplace. The Xero manager’s follows the WHS policies and procedures to
ensure a wealthy workplace. According to the WHS model laws it is the
responsibility of both employers and employees to maintain the healthy
environment and Xero follow this rule and regulations to maintain the health and
safety environment of the company.
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2. Does the organisation consult with employees on WHS requirements to resolve any
arising issues?
Yes, the outcomes of the participation and consultation are often accessible by the
employee in Xero. The participation of employee at Xero are able to access the
hazards and risk by evaluating, functioning, coordinating and civilizing the
workplace. But as Xero is a vast software company it is hard to involve all the
employee in the consultation and participation so at times outcome of the decision
by the committee are not satisfactory.
4. Does the organisation have a process for hazard and risk assessment and control?
Give three examples.
Yes, the Xero have plans and procedures for hazard and risk assessment controls.
Few examples which Xero practice are mentioned below:
Administrative controls
Personal Protective Equipment
Hierarchy of controls.
5. Does the organisation cover hazard and risk identification process including
planning, design and evaluation stages of any change to ensure that new hazards are
not created by the proposed changes and existing hazards are controlled?
No, though the previous risk and hazards are controlled and put an end to but it may
happen the hazard can be roused again. Some hazards cannot be fixed permanently.
Xero plans the procedures to evaluate hazards and if some are not resolved than it
is tried to be minimized by the company.
6. Does the organisation have procedures for selecting and implementing risk controls
according to the hierarchy of control and WHS legislative requirements?
Yes, Xero has the procedure for selecting and implementing the risk controls
according to hierarchy of controls and also meets the WHS legislation
requirements. The Xero follows the national WHS policy to improve the health and
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7. Does the organisation propose any inadequacies in existing risk controls according to
the hierarchy of control and WHS legislative requirements, resources to enable
implementation of new measures?
Yes, our organisation propose any inadequacies in existing risk controls because
organizational policies are not meet with WHS legislative requirement.
Yes, Xero need the advice from WHS expert because to manage the enormous
company is not so easy. Still the Xero needs to modify the workplace so that the
company could raise successfully.
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Part: A Task: 4
1. Recommendations for development and implementation to the WHSMS
so as to achieve organizational WHS objectives:
An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable—
(a) Monitor the health of employees of the employer; and
(b) Monitor conditions at any workplace under the employer's management and
control
(c) Provide information to employees of the employer (in such other languages as
appropriate) concerning health and safety at the workplace, including the
names of persons to whom an employee may make an enquiry or complaint
about health and safety.
Penalty: 240 penalty units for a natural person;
1200 penalty units for a body corporate.
An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable—
(a) Keep information and records relating to the health and safety of employees of
the employer; and
(b) Employ or engage persons who are suitably qualified in relation to
occupational health and safety to provide advice to the employer concerning
the health and safety of employees of the employer.
Penalty: 60 penalty units for a natural person;
300 penalty units for a body corporate.
Duties of self-employed persons to other persons
(1) A self-employed person must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons
are not exposed to risks to their health or safety arising from the conduct of the
undertaking of the self-employed person.
Penalty: 1800 penalty units.
(2) An offence against is an indictable offence.
Note: However, the offence may be heard and determined summarily (see section
53 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Magistrates' Court Act 1989).
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(a)An initial course of training in occupational health and safety after being elected;
(b)A refresher course at least once in each year, after completing the initial course of
training, that he or she holds office.
(2)A request to attend a course must not be made less than 14 days before the course is to start.
(3)A course must be—
(a)Approved or conducted by the Authority; and
(b)Relevant to the work of the members of the designated work group or the role of health
and safety representatives; and
(c)Chosen by the health and safety representative in consultation with the employer.
(4)The employer must—
(a)Allow each health and safety representative time off work to attend the courses with
such pay as he or she would otherwise be entitled to receive from the employer for working
during that period; and
(b)Pay the costs associated with each health and safety representative's attendance at the
courses.
Note:If the health and safety representative represents a designated work group of the
employees of more than one employer, section 68 provides for the apportionment of those
costs among the employers.
(5)If an employer refuses to allow a health and safety representative to attend a course or they
cannot agree on a particular course, the representative may ask the Authority to determine a
specified course that the representative may attend for the purposes of sub-section (1)(a) or (b).
(6)A determination must be in writing and the Authority must ensure that it is not made less than
14 days before the specified course is to start.
(7)An employer who, without reasonable excuse, refuses to allow a health and safety
representative to attend a course specified in such a determination is guilty of an offence and liable
to a fine not exceeding—
(a)In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units; or
(b)In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.
(8)(a)A health and safety representative represents a designated work group of the employees of
more than one employer; and
(b)Any of those employers has complied with this section in respect of the representative
each of those employers is to be taken to have complied with this section in respect of the
representative.
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Part: B
Would the student report the wiring to the manager? Why or why not?
Yes, the employee have to report the wiring frayed problem to the manager because not revealing
the matter will harm the machineries more. It also may happen that due to this any worker can be
injured by getting tremors while operating the machinery. Though it will affected the production
quota one day which will impact on the sell margins of the company but disclosing it will save the
immense destruction of the workplace as well as workers life.
The employee of XERO are updated regularly if any changes are made in the WHS policies
and procedures of the company the information is updated through E-mail, PPTs and by
telling to employees.
B. Outcomes of investigations.
Outcomes of the investigation can be resulted into the cause of the accident and incident
and then we can eliminate it. Through investigation we can estimate how much the hazard
is problematic.
Audits and inspection can help in rescuing the hazards. As hazards can be known early thus
one’s live is saved and is prevented from affecting with injuries and illness.
Information of new hazards and risks can be updated by reporting and by inspecting the
workplace. It can also be informed by near miss reporting to HSC and employer.
New strategies and process of safeguarding workplace which are implemented can be
updated through emails, PPTS and also by helding the conference to inform the personals.
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Changes made in the workplace may impact the WHS. If any new equipment is constructed
and the employee is not updated to it then it may not be operated by the workers and any
incident can take place.
G. Changes to legislation, regulations, codes of practice or industry
standards that have the potential impact how WHS is managed in the
workplace.
The training plan and learning opportunities must be given to the employees so that the
output of the work the company get is adequate and satisfactory.
Identify potential consequences to WHS in case that hazards are not identified
or risk controls are inadequate.
If any hazard in the workplace becomes unidentified or the risk controls are inadequate, then it
will affect whole the organization directly or indirectly. Due to this any person can be fatal and
may get server injuries. This will drown the company name if the risk is not controlled accurately.
The unidentified hazards should be taken into consideration by the company or else the company
could suffer from unemployment which will bring down the margins of the company.
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QUESTIONS
Satisfactory
1. In relation to WHS, who is the regulator for Victoria State?
Yes No
Work Safe Victoria is the regulator of WHS of Victoria state. Clare Amie’s is the CEO of Work
Safe Victoria and its chairman is Paul Barker. Work Safe Victoria was renamed from Victorian
Work Cover Authority in 2014.This organization’s inspector are presenting 12 offices in
Melbourne and regional Victoria and conduct inspections in high-risk industries.
Satisfactory
2. List the legislation/regulations/codes of practice by the regulator identified in Q.1?
Yes No
Satisfactory
4. What are the objectives of WHS legislation?
Yes No
protect the safety of workers
improve safety outcomes
reduce compliance costs for business and
Improve efficiency for health and safety regulators.
You have been advised by the Human Resources Manager that the WHS regulations that apply to
your workplace have been changed to include the following requirement:
Satisfactory
5. eed to participate in refresher emergency response training annually.
Yes No
Which methods will you use to communicate with your workgroup members about this change to
the regulations?
The methods I will use to communicate with my work group members about the change
regulations are as follow
Newsletters.
Noticeboard.
Formal meetings.
Email.
You have received a hazard related to employees walking across the car park after hours. Two
floodlights in the staff car park are broken so that staff is walking across the car park after hours in
Satisfactory
7. darkness.
Yes No
Why is it important to follow-up and report back to the employee who brought the matter to your
attention, explaining the actions you have taken to rectify the situation?
It is the first and foremost duty of employer to take care of employees , so immediate steps
should be taken in case of any reported hazard
Following actions will be taken by me, if I faced the above scenario.
first of all i would put the sign of "caution ahead" at the place of hazard so that the
employees would know about the hazard and would take immediate steps to replace the
floodlights as soon as possible
Satisfactory
8. Hazard may be classified into five different types. What are they?
Yes No
Chemicals.
Ergonomic.
Physical.
Psychosocial.
Workplace.
Identify the cost that may be associated with providing a WHS management system in an Satisfactory
10.
organisation. Yes No