Comments on: Employees’ OHS responsibility and working beyond the maximum hours https://safetyatworkblog.com/2010/03/31/employees-ohs-responsibility-and-working-beyond-the-maximum-hours/ Award winning news, commentary and opinion on workplace health and safety Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Chris https://safetyatworkblog.com/2010/03/31/employees-ohs-responsibility-and-working-beyond-the-maximum-hours/#comment-3133 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:42:38 +0000 http://safetyatworkblog.wordpress.com/?p=6262#comment-3133 When the government develops policies like these are they meeting with the affected workers to gauge reaction before implementation?

Cheers!

]]> By: Holly https://safetyatworkblog.com/2010/03/31/employees-ohs-responsibility-and-working-beyond-the-maximum-hours/#comment-3132 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:32:02 +0000 http://safetyatworkblog.wordpress.com/?p=6262#comment-3132 The workplace regardless of additional hours should always be safe. The employee and teh employer both have a responsibility of maintaining saftey in the workplace. So many things would factor into the question of saftey.

]]> By: Tony Harrison https://safetyatworkblog.com/2010/03/31/employees-ohs-responsibility-and-working-beyond-the-maximum-hours/#comment-3131 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:56:10 +0000 http://safetyatworkblog.wordpress.com/?p=6262#comment-3131 The majority of employment agreements incorporate a clause that states that an employer may ask an employee to work reasonable overtime given reasonable notice. The issue is what is \”Reasonable\” and from my perspective that is a medical question when it comes to OHSW.

Guidelines developed by the medical profession for employers showing what is reasonable for a broad class of workers in terms of physical and mental capacity issues would be a great help. It would also give workers a guide to what is reasonable for an employer to request, as well as provide valuable information in the determination of injury claims where an injury claim is based on excessive overtime being the primary cause. Para medical professionals should only be involved in the periphery of the development of guidelines this is one for senior specialists in a variety of disciplines to agree on. It falls into the category of risk assessment which harmonised law will cover.

All of these laws have been contemplated and enacted so we don\’t have to worry about reinventing the wheel, just identify the tools for people to use and make sure they use them.

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