WORKERS COMPENSATION & WHS

Marsh has established and maintains a national team of Exemplar Global accredited auditors, providing clients with experienced professionals to review and evaluate the effectiveness of their WHS management systems.

Marsh’s audit team is experienced in auditing WHS management systems against a number of criteria, including internal policies and procedures, legal requirements, Australian Standard AS/NZS 4801, International Standard OHSAS 18001 and the National WHS Self Insurance Audit Tool (NAT).

Marsh is also an accredited Comcare self-insurance audit provider and is engaged annually by Comcare to undertake audits of Comcare self-insurers against the requirements of the NAT.

Traditional approaches to safety that include engineering and process solutions are critical for every organisation. Although such approaches can produce substantial safety improvements, organisations can often reach improvement plateaus or encounter cyclical performance. Breaking these patterns and achieving continuous improvement is difficult — it requires a change in focus.

Marsh’s behaviour-based safety process, Behavioural Risk Improvement (BRI), is based on innovative, cost-effective methods to reduce the frequency and severity of occupational incidents.

BRI creates sustainable systems where desirable (safe) behaviours are continuously identified and reinforced through observation and performance feedback. The BRI process can provide your organisation with the tools to develop a strong, positive safety culture and make lasting improvements in safety performance.

BRI complements traditional safety approaches by focusing on safe behaviours and positive results. It is a proven, sustainable approach that identifies at-risk and safe behaviours, analyses factors that support risk-taking, introduces changes that support safe behaviours, provides a proactive safety measurement system, and incorporates program monitoring to ensure ongoing effectiveness. It equips employees with the skills to influence the behaviour of others, measure the effects, and sustain improvements.

Stepping into the complex and strictly regulated environment of self-insurance may seem daunting, and it’s often difficult to know where to start. Marsh can help you determine if such an approach is right for your organisation and develop an appropriate alternative workers’ compensation scheme.

We can provide a comprehensive overview of the various options, predominantly focusing on assessing the financial feasibility of alternative workers’ compensation schemes within Australia, taking into account the various benefit structures and costs associated with transition and resourcing. This information is compiled into a comprehensive analysis of the overall cost of each scheme.

Our experienced team of WHS consultants are accredited lead auditors and can assess your company’s WHS management systems against the National WHS Self-Insurer Audit Tool (NAT) or other state-based self-insurer models. This process results in valuable feedback regarding eligibility for self-insurance and gives you the opportunity to eliminate any gaps prior to an application. This step is critical in ensuring a successful application and will help set up your organisation for continued improvement in performance.

Once we have determined your financial viability and assessed your eligibility from a WHS perspective, Marsh can present the findings and assist you to make a decision on which workers’ compensation scheme will be most beneficial to your organisation.

Is your business tired of chasing paper, struggling with WHS compliance and in need of a fresh approach to WHS management? Marsh can provide a convenient solution to transform clients’ WHS management needs. We will help translate your old paper-based WHS management system into a state-of-the-art cloud-based compliance system. Your existing policies and procedures can be maintained or renewed, and then transformed into bespoke forms, registers, checklists, and workflows designed specifically for your business.