National Safe Work Month 2024 is October, and Safe Work Australia has shared that the 2024 theme is ‘Safety is everyone’s business’.
This theme encapsulates a safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right across all industries and occupations, while reinforcing the business benefit that comes from committing to safer workplaces.
Weekly topics
Each week of National Safe Work Month 2024 revolves around a particular work health and safety topic. Incorporating your consultation feedback, this year the topics are:
Week 1: Work health and safety fundamentals
Week 2: Psychosocial hazards
Week 3: Risk management fundamentals
Week 4: Musculoskeletal injuries
SafeTea
The SafeTea sub-campaign will return this year by popular demand! This event-based campaign encourages workplaces across the nation to gather the team and discuss WHS over a cuppa. Keep an eye out for the launch of SafeTea resources in the coming months.
Get involved
Do your bit to foster safe and healthy workplaces across Australia by following these steps:
Download or customise the National Safe Work Month resources.
Safe Work Australia has posters, social-media tiles, activity sheets, email signatures and more to help you raise awareness of WHS in your workplace.
* Follow the campaign on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook for WHS information.
* Use the hashtags #SafeWorkMonth and #SafetyIsOurBusiness to share your National Safe Work Month activities, and
* Subscribe to the National Safe Work Month mailing list. Be sure to tick ‘National Safe Work Month’ from the list of topics.
See the NSWM webpage for more information.
