SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 17, 2019 0 238 Article rating: No rating How Smartek software can manage contractor compliance Every business leader knows exactly how important compliance is, and how critical it is for their organisation to have appropriate processes in place to ensure all rules and regulations are being consistently met. Even with this awareness, it can be difficult for a focus on compliance to trickle down throughout the rest of the business. A great example of this is contractors – a consistently problematic area for companies trying to maintain compliance while employing staff on a temporary or intermittent basis. To minimise the risks associated with non-compliant contractors, businesses can use the Smartek platform as an all-in-one tool to manage compliance processes and ensure all parties are protected. Read more
SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 17, 2019 0 155 Article rating: No rating Can you improve compliance with a culture of accountability? We all know how important it is to comply with regulations and standards for any given industry. Compliance exists for a reason: To keep people safe. As such, when a company fails to comply to the most current set of standards, they face a whole list of potential penalties – fines, suspensions and even jail time. Bottom line: When non-compliance becomes the norm for your organisation you are putting your people at risk and setting your business up for failure. Read more
SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 17, 2019 0 127 Article rating: No rating How to get employees engaged with hazard identification Creating a safe workplace relies on teamwork. The more employees are engaged with an organisation's safety processes, the better its overall performance will be. The difficulty lies in getting employees interested in the details, no matter how minor or mundane they may seem. This includes everything from big picture safety initiatives, to simple processes like hazard identification. Whether it's a chemical spill or box that isn't quite stacked properly on a high shelf, employees have to have clear processes for marking the hazards and alerting other staff. However, the most important thing to remember about hazard identification is that it's not something that happens once. Read more
Creating a safe workplace relies on teamwork. The more employees are engaged with an organisation's safety processes, the better its overall performance will be. The difficulty lies in getting employees interested in the details, no matter how minor or mundane they may seem. This includes everything from big picture safety initiatives, to simple processes like hazard identification. Whether it's a chemical spill or box that isn't quite stacked properly on a high shelf, employees have to have clear processes for marking the hazards and alerting other staff. However, the most important thing to remember about hazard identification is that it's not something that happens once.