Pledge your support to reduce the work toll

Last year 75 people died at work in New Zealand and hundreds more were seriously injured.  How can you and your workplace help to make a difference to the toll of work-related injury, fatality and disease (‘the work toll’)?

The Department of Labour is calling for stakeholders to play their part in reducing New Zealand’s work toll and sign the Partners in Action Pledge.  The Pledge is a symbolic acknowledgement of the joint effort needed to reduce New Zealand’s work toll.

The Pledge forms part of the National Action Agenda developed by the Department of Labour. It focuses on reducing the work toll in the five sectors with consistently high levels of injuries and fatalities – construction, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing and fishing.

 The Pledge was launched at the release of the Construction Sector Action Plan in May 2011 – where the Minister of Labour, Construction Safety Council and the Council of Trade Unions signed up, alongside the Department and ACC.

Since then more than 150 stakeholders have also signed the Pledge – by doing so they commit to working towards achieving zero harm in New Zealand workplaces.

In return for pledging your commitment, your organisation will be recognised on the Department’s website and you will be kept in the loop about workplace health and safety activities via email newsletters.

Signing up is easy, simply email pledge@dol.govt.nz and we’ll send you the details. Help make a difference to the work toll and commit to helping us create safer and healthier workplaces.