Being safe at work is important. It is a responsibility shared by both the employer and the employee. This sections offers information on managing your risks, getting started, guidance material and how to report concerns or incidents.
HSWA is New Zealand's workplace health and safety law and sets out the principles, duties and rights in relation to health and safety. Regardless of who you are, we want you to understand what it means for you.
On 15 August 2023, the Government ended remaining COVID-19 public health measures.
How to manage your work health and safety risks, including a framework to help you through the process for identifying, assessing, managing and controlling risks.
Stronger worker engagement and participation leads to healthier and safer workplaces. Here we help you to understand what the health and safety work act means for businesses.
Information about staying safe with electricity and gas around your home.
You and your workmates are entitled to work in environments where the risks to your health and safety are properly controlled.
Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) are a well-established example of worker participation and can also support worker engagement.
HSCs bring together workers and management in the development and review of health and safety policies and procedures for the workplace.
Our health and safety inspectors carry out around 10,400 workplace assessments a year. These are proactive, planned visits and are not usually triggered by a report of serious harm or a health and safety complaint.
If you have a concern about an unsafe or unhealthy work situation, you can raise your concern with us.
When attempts to resolve a work health and safety issue have failed, the PCBU, HSR, or worker can ask for WorkSafe's help to resolve the issue.
A worker can stop or refuse to carry out work if they believe that the work is unsafe or would expose them to a serious health and safety risk.
