| Government agencies have increased knowledge of H&S systems and processes (as employers/ purchasers) |
1B-5 |
Activities such as promoting performance expectations and contracting guidelines increases government agencies' H&S knowledge |
▲ Govt agency knowledge of H&S |
▲ Govt agencies self-report of H&S knowledge. |
No |
Survey of government agency employers |
| Government agencies have increased awareness of their leadership role in H&S (as employers/ purchasers) |
1B-1, 1B-3, 1B-4 |
Activities such as promoting performance expectations and contracting guidelines increases govt agencies awareness of leadership role |
▲ Govt agency awareness of leadership role |
▲ Govt agencies self-report of awareness of leadership role. |
No |
Survey of government agency employers |
| Government agencies have increased capability to manage/ develop H&S systems and processes (as employers/ purchasers) |
1B-5 |
Increased H&S knowledge results in increased capability |
▲ Govt agency capability to manage H&S |
▲ Govt agencies self-report of agency capability to manage H&S. |
No |
Survey of government agency employers |
| Government agencies have increased commitment to attitudes and values that support H&S (as employers/ purchasers) |
1A-6, |
Effective regulation of H&S, plus recognition of leadership role increases government agency commitment to H&S |
▲ Govt agency attitudes to H&S |
▲ Govt agency self-report of positive attitudes to H&S. |
No |
Survey of government agency employers |
| Government agencies (as employers/ purchasers) have increased and more effective participation in the development/ improvement of 'preventive workplace cultures' |
1B-2 |
Increased capability and commitment (resourcing) result in increased government agency participation in developing or improving 'preventive workplace cultures' |
▲ Govt agency participation in workplace H&S activities |
▲ Proportion of government agencies who require contractors to have adequate H&S systems in place |
No |
Survey of government agency employers or stock take sent to government agencies |
| ▲ Proportion of govt agencies with H&S committees |
No |
Survey of government agency employers or stock take sent to government agencies |
| ▲ Proportion of trained H&S reps in govt agencies |
No |
Should be able to source from ERE reporting |
| Effective processes for collecting and sharing information about H&S statistics between agencies. |
1B-3, 1A-3, 1C-6 |
Processes for sharing data are reviewed/developed by relevant agencies |
▲ Existence and quality of data collection processes |
▲ data collection occurring where needs identified |
No |
Stock take of data collection & sharing processes sent to government agencies |
| ▲ Existence of processes for data sharing |
▲ data collection processes occurring where needs identified |
No |
Stock take of data collection and sharing processes sent to govt agencies. |
| ▲ Use of data sharing processes |
▲ Govt agencies self-report on use of data sharing processes. |
No |
Stock take of data collection and sharing processes sent to govt agencies. |
| Government agency roles and responsibilities are clearer and better aligned |
1C-1 |
Agency roles and responsibilities are clarified and realigned where necessary |
▲ Degree of alignment and clarity of government agency roles and responsibilities. |
▲ Key stakeholders’ perceptions on clarity & alignment. |
No |
Key stakeholder survey – sent to government agencies and other key stakeholders |
| ▲ Employer perception of clarity & alignment. |
No |
Survey of employers |
| Government agency work programmes are better co-ordinated and aligned |
1C-2, 1C-3, 1C-4, 1C-5 |
Clarifying roles and sharing data more effectively will lead increased joint planning to better co-ordinate and align work programmes |
▲ Degree of co-ordination evident in government agency activities |
▲ Number of programmes/activities conducted jointly by government agencies |
No |
Stock take of joint agency activities – sent to government agencies |
| ▲ Key stakeholders perception of alignment of activities |
No |
Key stakeholder survey – sent to government agencies and other key stakeholders |
| ▲ Employer perception of alignment. |
No |
Survey of employers |
| H&S standards and legislation are clear, relevant, effective and aligned |
1A-4,1C-3, 1C-4 |
Better co-ordination across government assists alignment and development of clear, relevant, effective standards and legislation |
▲ Standards exist and are clear, relevant, effective and aligned. |
▲ Number of standards broken down into following sub-categories: regulations, approved codes of practice, guidance endorsed by DoL and industry guidance. |
No |
Stock take of standards – sent to government agencies and industry organisations |
| ▲ Number of standards developed or revised broken down into subcategories and timescales – in last year, in last 3 years, since 2005. |
No |
Stock take of standards – sent to government agencies and industry organisations |
| ▲ Number of activities to align regulations/standards/legislation/guidelines which have been completed. |
No |
Stock take of activities – sent to government agencies and industry organisations |
| ▲ Employers/ industry groups perception of standards |
No |
Survey of employers |
| Inspection and enforcement activities are more efficient and effective. OR ‘rigorous fair and adequately resourced’ |
1A-6, 1A-7 |
DoL ensures that its enforcement activities are efficient and effective OR rigorous, fair and adequately resourced. |
▲ Effectiveness of Inspection and enforcement activities. |
▲ Proportion of Department of Labour inspection and enforcement activities that result in positive changes in workplace health and safety practices. |
Yes |
DoL Output Plan 4.2.7 % of workplaces that, after 6 mths, have satisfactorily addressed the issues identified and/or 4.2.8 |
| Activities are adequately resourced |
No of HS inspectors/no of employees or work places |
No |
Possible to source as in NOHSAC ‘National Profile’ 2005 page 11 |
| Funding for H&S (DoL& ACC IP activities)/workplaces or workers |
No |
Possible to source as in NOHSAC ‘National Profile’ 2005 page 8 |
| ▲ employee/ employer perception of enforcement activities |
▲ positive employer/employee self-reports on perception of enforcement activities |
No |
Baseline data is available – 2003 Colmar Brunton research. Survey of employers and employees involved in enforcement activity. |