The current trends in the country
indicate that it has one chance to make substantive impact on workplace safety
and health. Fortunately, the authorities are ready and up to the tasks and are
doing all is possible to take this chance and exploit it. At the forefront are
the central government and its agencies, which have provided funding, set various
targets and reviewed the health and safety system to keep it abreast with
international standards (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
2012). For instance, the government has provided additional health and safety
funding to the tune of $37 million over four years with the aim of
strengthening and transforming the approaches to the regulation of workplace
safety and to increase the capacity and number of frontline health and safety
inspectors (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 2012). This
funding has also helped in supporting targeted health and safety initiatives.
These funds have really become handy in assisting the government to achieve its
goal of reducing workplace serious accidents and harms by 25% by the year 2020
and by 10% by 2016 (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 2012). The
government has also established an independent task force to review its health
and safety system and its capacity to remain relevant and serve its purpose.
Further, the task force has the mandate to make recommendations on any areas
that require improvements.
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