Reference no: EM133618801
Part 2: Legal risk
Scenario - Work, Health, and Safety law
Cameron is a senior office supervisor. Cameron works for The Travel Curators, a part of The Experience Co-operative. Cameron tells you they are conducting a review of workstation ergonomics and manual handling. A staff member had recently reported concerns and is currently on sick leave due to a lower back injury obtained while lifting and moving a stationary delivery. Cameron asks you to review the legal risks and provide actions to strengthen compliance.
Task 1: Identify risk to business operations
In this task, you will evaluate the business risk.
1. Describe the operational area of risk, the legislative area of risk and the compliance area of risk based on your understanding of the scenario.
Task 2: Research legal risk and compliance requirements
To complete this part of the assessment, research and identify the legislation and the compliance requirements and potential penalties applicable to each scenario.
Document your research findings, and reference credible sources of information, including hyperlinks to legislation and other sources.
1. Identify and describe the purpose of legislation applicable in NSW, compliance requirements, and penalties applicable to the scenario.
Task 3: Evaluate the risk to business operations
This section evaluates the risk to the business, including penalties for non-compliance.
1. Evaluate the risk for the business. In your answer, use the risk matrix provided in the project brief to describe the likelihood and consequence of the risk to business operations. Justify your response by referring to the evidence from your research.
2. Using the results of your risk evaluation as a guide, do you think specialist legal advice is required? Justify your response, including the need to respond to the risk of negligence or breaches in a duty of care.
Task 4: Propose risk management strategies and actions
To complete this part of the assessment, you must complete the following task/s to industry standards.
Use the information below and the criteria listed on the checklist to guide your responses.
Develop a risk management strategy for the scenario, successfully documenting the process of managing legal risks and compliance actions.
The risk management process must include:
• recommendations to manage the risk, including specific actions
• existing documentation within the business to manage the risk
1. Make recommendations to manage the risk, describing actions to control, reduce or eliminate the risk. Refer to the simulated organisation documentation and use external information to support the suggested actions.
2. What is the record keeping requirement for documentation in this scenario?
Task 5: Integrate risk management activities into business operations
1. Describe how continual evaluation of non-compliance could be conducted in this scenario. Explain all actions, referencing workplace processes required to complete the action. Refer to the simulated organisation documentation.
2. Describe the rectification process that could take place in response to the issues identified in the scenario. Refer to the simulated organisation documentation.
Task 6: Ensure knowledge of risk and risk management is maintained
1. Describe and give examples of opportunities to develop skills and knowledge for the legal risk and compliance requirements of the scenario.