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HST1152- Occupational Health and Safety Standards

   

Added on  2020-03-07

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Running head: WHS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIAWHS Standard in the United Kingdom and AustraliaName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:

1WHS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIATable of ContentsIntroduction:....................................................................................................................................2Occupational health and Safety:......................................................................................................2OHS Standard in the UK and Australia-a comparison and contrast:...............................................3Comparison 1: The Laws in force:..............................................................................................3Comparison 2: Difference in OHS practices between Britain and Australia:.............................3Comparison 3: Political backgrounds and its effect on work culture:.........................................5Comparison 4: Industrial culture:................................................................................................6Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................7References:......................................................................................................................................8

2WHS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIAIntroduction:The paper compares between the performance of Occupational Health and SafetyStandards, an HRM function in two countries. It also delves into the cultural differences betweenthese two countries and their implication on the OHS practices. The study considers Britain andAustralia as the two countries for the study. The paper opens with a section which gives thereaders the basic ideas about Occupational health and safety standards and their importance. Thissections also introduces the two country forming the basis of the comparison, the UnitedKingdom and Australia. This is followed by the grounds of comparison starting with the OHSlaws in force. The next point of comparison is differences in OHS practices in Britain andAustralia. This is followed by a comparison between the political and the industrial culturesprevailing in these two countries.Occupational health and Safety:Occupational health and Safety(OHS), Occupational safety and health(OSH) or WorkPlace Health and Safety (WHS) refers to multidisciplinary standard of safety measures whichinvolves health and safety of the workers in the workplaces like factories and workshops. Theyaim to provide safe and healthy environments to the workers. The objectives of OHS are toreduce the accidents, injuries and fatalities in the offices. OHS encompasses workers, customers,employers and all the individuals who are impacted by the environment in the workplaces.Occupational health and safety is applicable in myriads of sectors like agriculture, mining andhealthcare. The governments of almost all countries like the United Kingdom and Australia havemade laws pertaining to OHS and necessitate the companies functioning within their jurisdictionto abide by them.

3WHS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIAOHS Standard in the UK and Australia-a comparison and contrast:Comparison 1: The Laws in force:The foundation law enforcing health and safety in the United Kingdom is Health andSafety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Legislation.gov.uk. 2017). The Health and Safety Executive is thedepartment that looks into the enforcement of the law (Hse.gov.uk. 2017).The foundation law enforcing occupational health and safety in Australia is the FairWork Act 2008 (Legislation.gov.au. 2017). The Fair Work Ombudsmen educate people andenforce workplace laws. The body in Australia looking into workplace health and safetyenforcement is Safe Work Australia. The other foundation law looking into accurate enforcementof WHS in Australia is Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Act 2011(Fair WorkOmbudsman. 2017). Comparison 2: Difference in OHS practices between Britain and Australia:The Health and Work Strategy of the United Kingdom covers the work related stress,muscular disorders and occupational lung diseases. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974in these three areas strive to ensure workplace safety and minimised accidents and fatalities. The priority of HSE in the area of work related stress is to reduce the number of ill healthcaused due to stress stemming from work. The committee seeks to improve managementstandards and engage the key stakeholders like governments and legal bodies. The proprieties of HSE in case of muscular disorder are to reduce the number of fatalitiesand muscle damage due to it in the workplaces. The body seeks to gain support of thestakeholders like governments, communities. The HSE aims to intervene activities involving

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