ComplyFlow Blog — page 3 | Compliance & Safety Insights

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Risk Register: What Goes in One, and Who Keeps It Current

10 June 2023

What a risk register is, the columns that earn their place, who owns each row, and what a regulator or an insurer looks for when they open yours.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting a Risk Assessment

10 June 2023

The four steps of a risk assessment under Australian WHS law: who does each one, who you must consult, what gets written down, and when one is mandatory.

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Why Risk Assessments Are Required, and What Happens Without One

10 June 2023

Where the duty comes from in Australian WHS law, when a risk assessment is mandatory rather than good practice, and what happens when one has not been done.

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How ComplyFlow Rolled Out a Contractor Compliance System for Fortstone in 5 Days

21 December 2022

A Victorian facilities management business went live on ComplyFlow in 5 days in November 2022. What the rollout covered, and what the team reported afterwards.

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The Three Things WHS Software Has to Get Right

27 October 2022

Three features decide whether WHS software gets used or quietly ignored: subcontractor adoption, evidence rather than status, and whether it works at the gate.

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Managing HR Documents and Employee Records in Australia

28 September 2022

Which employee records Australian law makes you keep, how long each one lasts, and why a contractor's records are not employee records at all.

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Contractor Management Software for Suppliers or Subcontractors

15 September 2022

You did not choose the system your client uses. What you will be asked for, what it really costs you in time, and how to stop answering it four times.

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How to Write an Incident Report That Holds Up

8 September 2022

What belongs in an incident report, how to write observations rather than conclusions, and the notification, site, and record duties that sit around it.

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The Four Types of Risk Management Strategies

8 September 2022

Avoidance, reduction, transfer, and acceptance, explained for Australian sites with contractors, and the one thing the WHS Act will not let you transfer.

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When a Manual Safety Management System Stops Working

19 August 2022

A spreadsheet and a folder are genuinely fine at a certain size. Five countable tests that say your business has passed the point where they stop holding.

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