Six Steps to Safety Legal Due Diligence

FEFO Consulting was contacted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) to provide guidance to directors and officers on effective safety governance.

Balancing Safety Legal Compliance with Effective Leadership

Changes to National Heavy Vehicle Laws (NHVL) and Chain of Responsibility (CoR) requirements left many industry stakeholders confused. In parallel, several high profile Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) prosecutions and jail sentences of directors raised safety governance concerns with boards and directors.

Safety Governance

FEFO Consulting facilitated a simple webinar to cover:

• Legal obligations including WHS, the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and the new Chain of Responsibility (CoR) changes
• Safety Due Diligence Framework and six keys to effective safety leadership
• Simple recommendations on how to demonstrate WHS/ CoR due diligence
• Cultural and organisational blocks to achieving sustainable change.

Six Steps to Safety Legal Due Diligence

Six simple steps to assist leaders not only demonstrate legal due diligence, but also demonstrate desired safety leadership behaviours and effective outcomes.

1. Effective leadership
2. Identify entities and Officers
3. Define roles and expectations
4. Develop a Risk Appetite Statement
5. Map due diligence activities & incentives
6. Measure governance and verify critical
   controls are effective