City of Stirling - Work Health and Safety Strategy 2024 - 2027

Introduction At the City of Stirling (City), a WHS strategy is a necessity. Australian WHS data (SafeWork Australia 2023) has consistently shown the severe impact of work-related injuries and illnesses on workers and businesses. A clear and concise WHS strategy developed for the City, will save workers compensation costs, prevent injuries and most importantly, ensure a happy and engaged workforce. On average, each year just under 200 workers are fatally injured at work. In 2021 over 130,000 claims Australia wide were accepted for work-related injury or illness. This is why our focus on leadership, technology, risk management, service delivery and injury management is vital to the City.

The purpose of this WHS Strategy is to outline how the City will comply with WHS legislation and how this relates to the City’s workforce. It demonstrates the necessary framework for our leaders, to ensure legislative compliance and reporting requirements are met. Support and direction provided by leaders is instrumental in the successful implementation of workforce strategies at the City. This requires a clear vision from our leaders and following through with initiatives and strategies. Poor WHS outcomes can have a detrimental impact on the lives and livelihoods of individuals and their families, on the financial, interpersonal and reputational health of a business and potentially, on the wider community.

This WHS Strategy sets a clear, unifying goal to reduce injury and illness for our employees, workers, volunteers and contractors. It outlines forward-looking actions to work towards, with tangible and achievable targets, as the City develops and

implements their own solutions to the challenges ahead. All stakeholders in our WHS system can make a valuable contribution to create safe and healthy work that promotes the social and economic well being of workers at the City.

• WHS Policy

CEO

• WHS Strategy • Strategic Workforce Plan

Executive

• WHS Plan

Managers

People Leaders

• WHS Procedures • Technical Controls

Employees