Staying mentally healthy when working from home

Guidance for workers who do office-type work in their home, or an equivalent location, rather than at their business premises.

Setting up a healthy workstation when working from home

The practical tips in this guide will be useful for any worker who uses computers to perform tasks while at home.

Mental health when working from home: for PCBUs

This guidance for PCBUs provides advice on how to manage the psychosocial (mental health) risks for workers who are working from home. There is also an infographic available that summarises some of the information in this guidance.

Mental health

This section contains information about WorkSafe's focus on mental health and wellbeing at work.

Introduction to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 – special guide

A guide to New Zealand’s key work health and safety law and its regulator.

Working with computers

Read our guidance relating to working postures and managing risks when using computers.

General risk and workplace management - part 2

Part 2 of the guidance on the Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016.

Working from home

Asbestos in the home

This information provides advice about what homeowners or residential tenants should do if they think there could be asbestos in their home or on their property.

Offices

Injuries from slips, trips and falls, lifting and carrying heavy loads, and poor equipment design are just some of the ways office workers can be harmed at work.

Information for officers who are volunteers

Under HSWA, volunteer officers have a due diligence duty to ensure a business complies with its duties and obligations.

Managing work site traffic – Good practice guidelines

This guide provides practical advice on ways to identify and control the health and safety risks associated with work site traffic.

Keeping volunteers healthy and safe

These guidelines provide practical advice for organisations on how to keep volunteers healthy and safe at work.

Asbestos in Aotearoa New Zealand

This guidance is for anyone interested in the history of asbestos in New Zealand and the diseases it can cause.

Managing asbestos in your building or workplace – for PCBUs

Guidance for businesses, commercial and residential landlords, body corporates, and information on asbestos management plans.

Management and removal of asbestos

This Approved Code of Practice sets out WorkSafe New Zealand’s (WorkSafe) expectations about how to comply with asbestos health and safety law, including the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016.

Our Board

WorkSafe is a Crown agency; we have a governance board. Board members are appointed by the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety.

Research

WorkSafe’s Research and Evaluation team was established early in 2014 and a programme of work is underway

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.

Appendix A: Glossary

Health and safety resources for people in healthcare

Information and resources to help healthcare businesses and workers identify and minimise risk.

Definitions and acronyms

Definitions of some key terms, concepts and acronyms used on this and other associated websites

Keeping your service station compliant with the hazardous substances regulations

This guide will help you understand how to comply with the regulations for hazardous substances at your service station. It will also help you or your staff prepare for your compliance certifier’s visit to issue your site with the necessary compliance certificates.

Adventure and outdoor recreation activities – managing the risks from natural hazards

Guidance for adventure activity operators and outdoor recreation activity providers.

Unattended refuelling sites

Good practice to help site operators identify and manage the risks associated with dispensing petrol/fuel at unattended refuelling sites.

Prevention and control of leptospirosis

This guidance provides practical suggestions for managing and preventing leptospirosis, an infectious disease that passes from animals to people and between animals.

Safe use of machinery

These guidelines outline the hazards that come with using machinery in the workplace, potential injuries and how best to control these hazards

WorkSafe Strategy

The WorkSafe strategy defines the wider health and safety at work system and reflects our role in the system, how we will undertake that role, where we will focus our effort, and how we will measure our impact.

PCBUs working together: advice when contracting

Health and safety obligations can overlap in a contracting chain, where contractors and subcontractors provide services to a lead contractor or client. These guidelines are for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) who are sharing a workplace with other businesses, or are working as part of a contracting chain.

What events need to be notified?

Find out which work-related illnesses, injuries and incidents need to be notified to WorkSafe

Business FAQs

Who or what is a PCBU, and what is the primary duty of care?

Managing health and safety: A guide for farmers

These guidelines will help reduce the risk of injuries and fatalities by providing practical guidance on farm health and safety

Shared ownership of health and safety boosts staff retention

Involving workers has proved so successful for Waste Management in the Hutt Valley, that the waste sorting and recycling plant has significantly boosted staff retention, with zero turnover for the past four years.

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 is New Zealand's workplace health and safety law. It came into effect on 4 April 2016.

How we use search warrants and production orders

This policy sets out the approach we take to using search warrants or production orders under the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (SSA).

Keep safe, keep farming toolkit

The health and safety of everyone on your farm affects productivity and your ability to enjoy the lifestyle offered by living on farm. Find out what you can do to keep safe and keep farming

Goodnature: problem-solving and perseverance

See how Goodnature reduced noise pollution on their production line to increase our native birdsong.

Bullying at work: Advice for small businesses

This quick guide outlines what you could do to minimise the likelihood of bullying at your workplace and the harm arising from it if bullying does occur.