January is a special month. In January many people, having indulged over the Christmas - New Year break, will wake up and realise that their work pants are a little snug, there sleep patterns a little less regular, and their 8am Yoga class has been replaced with a 10am coffee break. Fortunately, a trip to the store reveals rows of fresh summer fruits and from hereon it is perfectly acceptable to bring a salad to a party instead of a bottle of wine. January is the month to make everything right again; the salad month.

Having worked with both large companies and small business, public and private, I have seen a great deal of variance in the way workplace safety is perceived and handled, even between departments. If you have worked for a large company you will, no doubt, have had to attend some kind of manual handling/no lift/equipment safety training as part of your orientation, however in many workplaces there is still little to no workplace safety policies in place and it is even frowned upon to  report minor injuries.