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Risks and Rights: Redressing the Imbalance Maria Batchelor Executive Client Manager, Public Sector Community Services WorkSafe Victoria Who are WorkSafe? Risks vs Rights Providing good client service and good OHS management IS possible. Rights protection from Risks are NOT mutually exclusive. Risk of injuries to carers What is the Impact of Workplace Injuries? To carers Reduced ability to provide care Reduced performance at work + broader impact of injury on carer’s normal life activities To clients Care provided by agency carers replacing injured employees when away from work Disruption to care – agency staff learning routines, clients’ likes dislikes Clients assisting injured carers (risk of client injury) To the employer Increased cost – agency costs, replacing employees Increased employee turnover Reduced operational efficiency Increased premium Increased training requirements Risk of injuries to clients HSE v South Downs NHS Trust (2006)Prosecution following fatality of a patient in hospital care who fell from a hoist whilst being transferred from a wheelchair to his bed. The care assistant who was attending the patient had been employed for about six weeks but had not received training and had not used this type of hoist before. Risk assessments and procedures for manual handling and safe bathing were not brought to the attention of care assistants and the supervision of staff carrying out lifting operations was inadequate. Principles of the OHS Act (2004) Legal Responsibilities Common Law Employers have a recognised duty of care to provide a safe working environment Taking reasonable care so that work operations do not subject employees to unnecessary (and foreseeable) risk OHS Law Mirrors this duty and sets out duties for a variety of people Employers ; Employees ; Suppliers ; Other persons Employers are required to provide a safe working environment as far as is practicable OHS Act (2004) s23 ‘other persons’ So Far As Is Reasonably Pra