Workplace Health and Safety Strategy for New Zealand to 2015 Rautaki mō te Haumaru me te Hauora o te Wāhi Mahi mō Aotearoa ki te 2015 Snapshot of Progress 2006/07 Published November 2007 Department of Labour ISBN 0-478-28152-8 Download the full document
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It is my pleasure to present the second annual progress report on the Workplace Health and Safety Strategy to 2015. This year has seen a wealth of activity, taking us closer to the Strategy's vision of healthy people in safe and productive workplaces. I am encouraged to see the co-ordinated approach of the many organisations dedicated to implementing the Strategy - government agencies, local authorities, employer and industry groups, unions, non-government organisations, individual workplaces and the general community. The separate spheres of government agency responsibility often overlap in workplace health and safety, so it is vitally important for agencies to work closely with one another. It has therefore been very satisfying to see the high number of inter-agency partnership projects undertaken this year. A highlight this year has been New Zealand’s ratification of the International Labour Organisation Convention 155 on occupational health and safety and the working environment. This positive action signals to the world New Zealand's on-going and meaningful commitment to improved health and safety in our workplaces. The establishment of the Workplace Health and Safety Council this year is also a significant step. The Council is a tripartite group, offering government, employer and employee perspectives. It will provide high level advice to Ministers on how best to deliver the Strategy. As the Minister on the Council, I am looking forward to this opportunity to work closely with my Council colleagues from Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. The Labour-led Government established the Workplace Health and Safety Strategy because New Zealand's work-related disease and injury rate must be lowered. The human cost to individual workers, families and communities is far too high - we can do better. With its pivotal mixture of short, medium and long-term actions, the Strategy aims to make substantial improvements to these injury and illness statistics by the year 2015. My thanks to the many organisations and individuals who have contributed this year. If we maintain this high level of commitment, I am confident we will reach our vision by 2015 - healthy people in safe and productive workplaces. HonTrevor Mallard Workplace Health and Safety Strategy Framework
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