WHS reporting needs to provide relevant, robust and timely information to inform decisions that influence ongoing business performance.

Poor WHS outcomes can have a detrimental impact on individuals and their families, on the financial, interpersonal and reputational health of a business and, potentially, on the wider community.

Safe Work Australia have released a research report for business leaders, senior executives, board members and work health and safety (WHS) Managers of medium to large organisations. 

This report explores processes for gathering and communicating the WHS performance information that guides the WHS decisions of an organisation’s officers. It is underpinned by four previous reports from the same author on the role of accounting in work health and safety governance.

The report examines the performance information which officers may find useful to assist them in exercising due diligence in discharging their duties under the model Work Health and Safety Act (model WHS Act). It also provides guidance on the type of information investors and other stakeholders are seeking in company annual reports.

Visit the Safe Work Australia website to download a copy of the report.

Source: Safe Work Australia, 15 March 2017