Overview

Non-compliance to occupational health and safety legislation may lead to conviction under criminal law and civil claim under civil law. This course highlights the importance of complying with occupational health and safety legislation to avoid committing criminal offence and compensation claim. 

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• Understanding the importance of complying with Occupational Health and Safety Legislation
• Minimize legal risk by understanding key occupational health and safety legislation and how non-compliance can lead to criminal charges or civil claims.
• Learn to demonstrate due diligence, build compliance plans, and improve safety culture in your organization.
• Gain practical skills for handling incident reporting, record keeping, and communication to support legal and regulatory responsibilities.
• Clarify the roles and responsibilities of legal appointees to ensure accountability and proactive risk management.

Outcomes

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the foundational principles of occupational health and safety legislation and their relevance to the workplace.
• Describe the consequences of non-compliance, including civil, criminal, and vicarious liabilities.
• Demonstrate due diligence through proactive risk identification, planning, and documentation.
• Identify the responsibilities of legal appointees and the importance of accountability in compliance efforts.
• Conduct basic risk assessments to recognize potential hazards and develop mitigation strategies.
• Understand the implications of workplace victimization and intoxication, and how these factors affect legal and ethical compliance.
• Develop and implement a compliance plan, including effective record keeping and incident reporting protocols.
• Facilitate training and communication initiatives that support a culture of health and safety awareness.
• Recognize how injury and disease claims are handled, and what exemptions may apply within the legal framework.

Program Outline

• Overview of occupational health and safety legislation
• Legal appointees and their responsibilities
• Risk assessment
• Victimization
• Intoxication
• Consequence of non-compliance
• Civil, criminal and vicarious liabilities
• Due diligence
• Compliance plan
• Record keeping
• Training and communication
• Incident reporting
• Injury and disease claims
• Exemptions
• Budgeting for occupational health and safety compliance

Who Should Attend?

• Managers
• Supervisors
• Engineers
• Technicians
• Designers
• Surveyors
• Principal contractors
• Subcontractors
• Clients
• Manufactures
• Sellers
• Importers
• Students/Trainees