Employee and Employer Responsibilities
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Employee and Employer Responsibilities refers to the responsibilities of both the employee and employer in accordence with Occupational Health and Safety.
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Employee Responsibilities
The employee responsibilities are:
- to observe established safe work practices and policies, procedures, practices.
- to follow training and instruction provided by line managers.
- to report any unsafe or hazardous conditions.
The employee may also be trained as a first aid officer.
Employer Responsibilites
Employer responsibilities are:
- to comply with the legislations, codes of practice and OH&S standards of Australia.
- to work with OH&S committee to help establish the policies, procedures, practices and the safe work practices of the business.
- to keep empahsis on occupational health and safety
- to liaise with unions
- to set an example by complying with all the policies, procedures, practices and the safe work practices defined by the businesses OH&S committee.
See Also
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Safe Work Practices
- Risk Analysis
- Correct Manual Handling Techniques
- Ergonomics
