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QLD Safe Work and Return to Work Awards 2017
Nominations are now open for this year’s Safe Work and Return to Work Awards, which recognise the achievements of those who go the extra yard when it comes to promoting workplace safety and return to work. Finalists will be recognised during a gala awards ceremony on the 18th of October, and will be in the running to win $2000 in prize money.
According to Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace, ‘if you know an individual or organisation that’s helping to create safer workplaces and help get injured workers back on the job, we want to hear from you. Queensland often leads the rest of Australia when it comes to initiatives in work safety and rehabilitation, and I want to that proud record to continue’.
Ms Grace said this year’s awards would feature updated and improved award categories to make it easier for businesses and individuals to enter. ‘There’s a simpler nomination process which aims to entice more small and medium sized businesses to apply because the grassroots level is where many of the leading health safety innovations started’.
The Categories
Safe work categories
Category one – Best solution to an identified health and safety issue
Category two – Best individual contribution to work health and safety
Category three – Best solution to an identified electrical safety issue
Category four – Most significant improvement to work health and safety performance
Category five – Best workplace health and wellbeing initiative
Category six – Best demonstrated leadership in work health and safety (Closed category – entrants for this category are chosen from categories one to five).
Return to work categories
Category seven – Injured worker achievement award
Category eight – Best rehabilitation and return to work system
Category nine – Best individual contribution to rehabilitation and return to work
Category ten – Best demonstrated leadership in return to work (Closed category – entrants for this category are chosen from categories seven to nine).
More Information
For more information about the awards, including entry criteria, tips, example entries and past-winner videos, visit the Workplace Health and Safety Queensland’s website.
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Nominations are now open for this year’s Safe Work and Return to Work Awards, which recognise the achievements of those who go the extra yard when it comes to promoting workplace safety and return to work.
