Health and Safety at Work Act 2015¶


Regulator	WorkSafe NZ
Jurisdiction	NZ
Status	live
Applicability	External — Health and safety obligations for employees and workplace. External HR and facilities management.

Outside platform boundary

Health and safety obligations for employees and workplace. External HR and facilities management.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) is the primary workplace health and safety legislation in New Zealand. It imposes duties on persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) to ensure the health and safety of workers and others who may be put at risk by the work. WorkSafe NZ is the regulator.

Key obligations include: the primary duty of care (S.36 — eliminate or minimise risks so far as is reasonably practicable), worker participation practices (S.61 — implement worker participation practices that are reasonably practicable), and notifiable events (S.56 — notify WorkSafe within 24 hours of a notifiable event: a death, a notifiable injury or illness, or a notifiable incident that exposes workers to serious risk).

Platform scope¶

The platform plays no role in meeting obligations under the HSWA.

All obligations under this Act are owned by the People and Operations function. They concern the physical and psychological safety of the bank's employees and contractors in the workplace — not the design or operation of the banking platform. The platform does not record workplace incidents, manage WHS registers, or interact with WorkSafe.

Compliance register¶

Scope legend¶

Symbol	Meaning
🏛 Institutional	Obligation is met by a process entirely outside the platform — HR, facilities management, legal.

Primary duty of care (S.36)¶

Obligation	Scope	Owner	Platform evidence input
Ensure the health and safety of workers (including employees and contractors) so far as is reasonably practicable: eliminate risks, or if not practicable, minimise them	🏛 Institutional	Chief People Officer	None — entirely external to the platform
Provide and maintain a work environment, plant and structures, and safe systems of work	🏛 Institutional	Chief People Officer / Head of Operations	None
Ensure adequate welfare facilities for workers	🏛 Institutional	Head of Operations	None
Provide health and safety information, training, instruction, and supervision	🏛 Institutional	Chief People Officer	None

Worker participation (ss.61–70)¶

Obligation	Scope	Owner	Platform evidence input
Implement worker participation practices to enable workers to participate in improving work health and safety	🏛 Institutional	Chief People Officer	None
Engage with workers (or their health and safety representatives) when making decisions that may affect their health and safety	🏛 Institutional	Chief People Officer / all managers	None
If requested by workers, facilitate the election of health and safety representatives (HSRs)	🏛 Institutional	Chief People Officer	None

Notifiable events (ss.56–59)¶

Obligation	Scope	Owner	Platform evidence input
Notify WorkSafe immediately (and no later than within the timeframe prescribed) of a notifiable event — death, notifiable injury or illness, or incident exposing workers to serious risk	🏛 Institutional	Chief People Officer / General Counsel	None
Preserve the site of a notifiable event until an inspector arrives or WorkSafe gives clearance	🏛 Institutional	Head of Operations / General Counsel	None
Keep a record of all notifiable events for at least five years	🏛 Institutional	Chief People Officer	None

Coverage summary¶

Area	Total obligations	Institutional 🏛
Primary duty of care	4	4
Worker participation	3	3
Notifiable events	3	3
Total	10	10 (100%)

All HSWA obligations are institutional. The platform provides no controls or evidence inputs under this Act.

Policy	Title
PPL-005	Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policy

Official documentation¶

Policies referencing this standard¶

PPL-005 — Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policy

Compiled 2026-05-22 from source/entities/regulations/nz-hswa.yaml