Leadership Strategies for Managing WHS Issues

Leadership strategies
for managing WHS
issues

Company’s Objective, values and standards
The major objective of Company is to generate the profit be
selling fresh food items like vegetables, fruits, dairy products,
meat and other processed food.
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◉ While slicing the meat,
one employees
accidentally cut her hand
and bleeding occurs at a
large level.
◉ A customer slipped on the
wet floor while
purchasing a product.
◉ While lifting a heavy box,
one worker had to suffer
with back injury.
◉ The foot of one worker
was bruised due to falling
of a tin box because he
did not wear proper shoes
at that day.
Accidental cases found in the Company
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About this templateWHS issues and employee’s safety
Australian WHS laws stated that any
organisation has to ensure about the
safety and health condition of
employees and workers of their
company. The organisation has to take
responsibility of overall health and
safety of the employee by providing
them safe environment for work.
WHS is very much concern about the
increasing accidental cases of
employees working for supermarket
named ‘Supafresh’. Accidental cases
are related to damaging and
fractures in the hands, legs and
other body parts of employees and
customers.
The manager and leaders of the company should develop the suitable strategies to handle these types
of accidental cases(government, 2020).
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◉ Work health and safety
act 2011:
WHS Act 2011 provides
safety to all the employees
and workers from physical
injuries at the workplace.
It also suggested the safe
and secure working
environment for the workers
(Government A, 2020).
◉ Dangerous goods act:
It also aims the people and
workers safe at work places
by removing the dangerous
goods from the workplace.
It also helps in maintaining
the standards of dangerous
goods (victoria, 2020).
Outlines of legislations which are applicable on the
scenario
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The company should provide new and well regulated machines and
equipments for those employees who are involved in food and meat slicing
by ensuring their safety(government, 2020).
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Remind to manager about best suitable
leadership strategies for the company

“There should be a limitation for lifting the weight
by those employees who are working in food
packaging and storing. The work load from the
employees should be reduced and food should be
packed in small boxes which are easy to carry
from one place to another place (Australia, 2020).
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Strategies to protect the employee from accidental
cases
◉ Employees should be provided good quality
shoes, safety clothes and gloves while working
for the company in handling the operations of
processing the food (Australia, 2020).
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Communication plan for the employees and
mangers
◉ The managers need to arrange a training
program in order to communicate the use of
purchased equipment, machinery and other
items so that they can make a safer environment
for work.
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The leaders of the
company including
General Manager should
implement the startegy
by allocating sufficient
budget to its operational
department.
The managers need to
purchase the suggested
items in order to provide
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Employee’s and
customer’s safety should
be the first priority for
the company by giving
them safer environment
for work(government,
2020).
Training should also be
provided to the
employees for their
Implementation of action plan related to safety of
the employees
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◉ Persons involved in the
action plan:
Managers, employees and
all stakeholders of the
Company are involved in
executing the action plan.
◉ Timeframe for action
plan:
Around three to six months,
the action plan should be
executed to make the
employees safe and secure.
Implementation of action plan related to safety of
the employees
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In two or three columns
◉ Australia. (2020, January 29). Safe work Australia. Retrieved
from The website of safe work Australia:
https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/law-and-regulation/mode
l-whs-laws
◉ government, A. (2020, January 29). Work health and safety.
Retrieved from The website of WHS:
https://www.business.gov.au/Risk-management/Health-and-
safety/Work-health-and-safety
References
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◉ victoria, W. s. (2020, February 1). Dangerous Goods Act and
Regulations. Retrieved from The website of worksafe victoria:
https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/dangerous-goods-act-and-
regulations
References
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