HRES 2101: Implementing Changes to Occupational Health and Safety Act

This report outlines a plan for implementing changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, focusing on the creation of a joint work site health and safety committee. It includes a proposed timeline, budget for change implementation, and strategies to minimize resistance to changes. Key elements covered are continuous communication, employee involvement, training, counseling, and mentoring. The report also identifies seven metrics to support occupational health and safety, such as reduction in accidents and increased employee retention, referencing several sources on change management and sustainability reporting. The aim is to foster a healthier organizational environment and encourage innovation while ensuring compliance with the amended Act.

CREATION OF A
JOINT WORK SITE
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
COMMITTEES

PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR
CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION
 Timeline

BUDGET FOR CHANGE
IMPLEMENTATION
DEPARTMENT
MANAGEMEN
T REP
WORKERS
REP
NO.
SITTING
S PER
YEAR
ALLOWENC
E PER
PERSON
REFRESIM
ENT COST
TOTAL
COST PER
SITTING COST PER YEAR
HEAD OFFICE DEPERTMENT 4 4 4 3000 1600 36800 147200
DEPOT A 2 2 4 3000 1600 18400 73600
DEPOT B 3 3 4 3000 1600 27600 110400
DEPOT C 2 2 4 3000 1600 18400 73600
SHOP OUTLET A 2 2 4 3000 1600 18400 73600
SHOP OUTLET B 2 2 4 3000 1600 18400 73600
SHOP OUTLET C 2 2 4 3000 1600 18400 73600
SHOP OUTLET D 2 2 4 3000 1600 18400 73600
SHOP OUTLET E 2 2 4 3000 1600 18400 73600
TOTALS 193200 772800
TRAINING AND FACCILITATION COSTS
NO COST TOTALS
FACCILLITATOR 3 20000 60000
TRANSPORT TO TRAINING CENTER 42 4000 168000
ACCOMMODATION 42 2000 84000
MEALS 45 3000 135000
TOTALS 447000

STEPS TO MINIMIZE
RESISTANCE TO CHANGES
 Continuous communication between the
departmental heads and subordinate
employees.
 Encouraging employees to get involved in
the change management process
 Training employees to operate in the new
ways.
 Counselling of employees showing resistance
to deal with their fear and insecurities.
 Mentoring employees
 Motivating employees

SEVEN METRICS TO SUPPORT
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND
SAFETY
 Reduction of accidents.
 Reduction of productivity due to OHS issues.
 Reduction in machine breakdown
 Reduction employee absence due to work related injuriers
 Increase in employee retention.
 More healthy organizational environment.
 Workers ready to experiment and innovate.
 More production and revenue

REFERENCES
 Cameron, E., & Green, M. (2015). Making sense of change
management: A complete guide to the models, tools and
techniques of organizational change. Kogan Page Publishers.
 Ceulemans, K., Lozano, R., & Alonso-Almeida, M. D. M. (2015).
Sustainability reporting in higher education: Interconnecting
the reporting process and organisational change management
for sustainability. Sustainability, 7(7), 8881-8903.
 Lozano, R., Nummert, B., & Ceulemans, K. (2016). Elucidating
the relationship between sustainability reporting and
organisational change management for sustainability. Journal
of cleaner production, 125, 168-188.
 Worksafe.vic.gov.au. (2018). Retrieved from
https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/resources/occupational-
health-and-safety-ohs-schools-practical-guide-school-leaders

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