The final week of the campaign, For all: Action across all workplaces, focuses on maintaining momentum and ensuring work health and safety (WHS) remains a priority throughout the year.
Over the past month, workplaces across Australia have been encouraged to reflect on why WHS matters, identify health risks, consider the long-term impacts of work-related harm and explore ways to support workers now and into the future.
Now is the time to take stock of what has been learned and identify practical improvements to carry forward. The final activities in the National Safe Work Month activity kit can help workplaces reflect on key discussions, review commitments made throughout the month and identify meaningful actions that extend beyond October.
Whether it's improving a process, strengthening consultation, addressing a workplace risk or enhancing support for workers, even small actions can contribute to safer and healthier work.
Every conversation about WHS has the potential to drive positive change. By turning discussion into action, workplaces can help create safer and healthier work for all, for life.
Get involved this week:
- Watch the Week 4 campaign video
- Reflect on lessons learned throughout October
- Identify at least one improvement to continue beyond National Safe Work Month
- Complete the "Safe work is for life because…" activity with your team
- Develop a practical action plan for the months ahead.
Access our model Code of Practice: Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination.
Wrapping up
Thank you for taking part in National Safe Work Month!
Over the past 4 weeks, your workplace has taken time to have conversations, identify opportunities for improvement and commit to creating safe and healthier work for all.
Every conversation and every action contributes to safer workplaces.
Keep the conversation going
Creating safe and healthy work is an ongoing process. We hope our activity kit sets the groundwork for you to continue to:
- consult with workers about health and safety
- identify new and emerging hazards
- review whether controls remain effective
- support workers’ health, recovery and return to work
- use data and workplace experience to drive continual improvement
- celebrate improvements and learn from experience.
Thank you for supporting National Safe Work Month and for your commitment to creating safer and healthier workplaces – for life.