Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

NZ's statistics on deaths and illness at work are sobering -- yet, health and safety training courses are under threat

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An estimated 10,000 people – men, women and sometimes children – have died from occupational ill health or workplace fatalities since 2010.

Key Points: 
  • An estimated 10,000 people – men, women and sometimes children – have died from occupational ill health or workplace fatalities since 2010.
  • Yet the country’s only postgraduate course in work health and safety is under review as part of a wider cost-cutting exercise at universities.
  • Currently, universities are considering a NZ$128 million government bailout, but the future of this educational programme remains uncertain.

Cost to economy and society

    • The total cost to the economy of work-related ill health and deaths was NZ$6.725 billion between 2015, when the new act came into force, and 2022.
    • This does not include personal costs to whānau and societal costs from such harm.
    • International Labour Organisation (ILO) data from 2022 allow comparison between countries that use a risk-management framework.

Designing safer workplaces

    • This means we need to be able to design workplaces that are safe and protect the health of the workforce.
    • The role of the practitioner within organisations is also to embed health and safety within day-to-day operations and to get buy-in from workers for healthier and safer ways of working.
    • If New Zealand wants to improve its health and safety record, taking away education opportunities is not the way to do this.

Solway Investment Group introduces its corporate Human Rights Policy

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ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solway is addressing the high importance of producing and marketing products in a responsible and environmentally friendly manner by introducing the new corporate Human Rights Policy (https://solwaygroup.com/sustainability-polices/) identifying standards, principles and basic rules it commits to respect.

Key Points: 
  • Under this policy Solway adheres to respect and promote all national laws and internationally recognized human rights principles, including the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
  • Solway's new Human Rights Policy is approved by the dedicated Steering Committee, founded on an unambiguous respect for human rights.
  • The corporate Human Rights Policyis a framework for how Solway plans to approach issues in the future, and another way to benchmark its compliance to the UNGP and OECD Guidelines.
  • The present Human Rights Policy is the first, decisive measure and a step in Solway's continuing process to make real improvements.

Solway Investment Group introduces its corporate Human Rights Policy

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Group, Adoption, UNGP, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN, Work, Policy, Human, United Nations, Human rights, Compliance, Universal, Mineral, Business, Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Human Rights Impact Assessment, International Labour Organization, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, European Convention, Committee, Map, United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, International human rights law, Marketing, Awareness, Social, First Nations in Ontario, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Risk management

ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solway is addressing the high importance of producing and marketing products in a responsible and environmentally friendly manner by introducing the new corporate Human Rights Policy (https://solwaygroup.com/sustainability-polices/) identifying standards, principles and basic rules it commits to respect.

Key Points: 
  • Under this policy Solway adheres to respect and promote all national laws and internationally recognized human rights principles, including the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
  • Solway's new Human Rights Policy is approved by the dedicated Steering Committee, founded on an unambiguous respect for human rights.
  • The corporate Human Rights Policyis a framework for how Solway plans to approach issues in the future, and another way to benchmark its compliance to the UNGP and OECD Guidelines.
  • The present Human Rights Policy is the first, decisive measure and a step in Solway's continuing process to make real improvements.