PERFORMANCE

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that influence health and safety practices; the
EPA; Maritime New Zealand; the Civil Aviation
Authority; New Zealand Police; and local
authorities. It is critical that all agencies work in
partnership to maximise the public investment,
reduce duplication and gaps, and utilise the
different skills and leverage points available in
each agency. This year 52% of employers agreed
that the government was effective in enforcing
obligations for businesses under the HSE Act.
We are seeking higher rates in the future, supported
by better co-ordination between agencies.
The Health and Safety at Work Act supports
better co-ordination and information-sharing.
We are also involved with the government’s
cross-agency Compliance Common Capability
Programme, aimed at building a stronger
professional compliance community and lifting
regulatory performance. The Programme will
provide a competency framework for regulators,
linked to the New Zealand Qualifications Framework.
Our injury prevention work with ACC is about
optimising the government’s investment in
reducing harm to people at work and ensuring
that WorkSafe and ACC play to our comparative
advantages. The focus is on better coordination
of workplace injury prevention, motivating
businesses to improve health and safety through
incentive programmes, and acknowledging good
health and safety practices through ACC levies
and experience rating. We have been working
with ACC in a number of other areas, including
the Safer Forest Harvesting plan, the Safer Farms
programme (co-funded with ACC), and the
Safety Star Rating Scheme.