Managing health and safety

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

The emergence of COVID-19 across the globe has created a new work health and safety risk that businesses need to manage.

Getting started

HSWA is New Zealand's workplace health and safety law and sets out the principles, duties and rights in relation to health and safety. Regardless of who you are, we want you to understand what it means for you.

Managing risks

How to manage your work health and safety risks, including a framework to help you through the process for identifying, assessing, managing and controlling risks.

Businesses

Stronger worker engagement and participation leads to healthier and safer workplaces. Here we help you to understand what the health and safety work act means for businesses.

Consumers

Information about staying safe with electricity and gas around your home.

Workers

You and your workmates are entitled to work in environments where the risks to your health and safety are properly controlled.

Health and Safety Representatives

Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) are a well-established example of worker participation and can also support worker engagement.

Health and Safety Committees

HSCs bring together workers and management in the development and review of health and safety policies and procedures for the workplace.

Workplace inspections

Each year our health and safety inspectors carry out 12,500 workplace assessments. These are proactive, planned visits and are not usually triggered by an incident or health and safety complaint.

Reporting concerns or incidents

If you have a concern about an unsafe or unhealthy work situation, you can raise your concern with us.

Resolving workplace health and safety issues

When attempts to resolve a work health and safety issue have failed, the PCBU, HSR, or worker can ask for WorkSafe's help to resolve the issue.

Request assistance to resolve issues relating to the cessation of work

A worker can stop or refuse to carry out work if they believe that the work is unsafe or would expose them to a serious health and safety risk.

What resources are available to help?

We produce resources to help people to comply with HSWA and regulations. This page explains the resources available.

Notifications during COVID-19 restrictions

Managing health and safety

Managing health and safety

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

Getting started

Managing risks

Businesses

Consumers

Workers

Health and Safety Representatives

Health and Safety Committees

Workplace inspections

Reporting concerns or incidents

Resolving workplace health and safety issues

Request assistance to resolve issues relating to the cessation of work

What resources are available to help?