The minutes of the Service Group 2 Health and Safety Committee held on Friday 1st of November are now available on the H&S Website.

An item that may be of interest is the changes made by the City Council to the layout of Ilam Road between the Creyke Road Corner and Rountree Street. Matt Morris of the UC sustainability Office is collecting information on incidents since the introduction of the new layout.

There is legislation being introduced into the NZ Parliament to replace the Health and Safety in employment Act (1992) and a summary of the proposed changes is also on the H&S website. This is the legislative response to the Pike River Disaster and will mean major changes to the legislative framework of Health and Safety. Our Health and Safety team are confident that the University will be in a good position to meet the challenges of the new act which will come into force at the end of 2014.

Tim O’Sullivan