Lawyers for Health and Safety, Hesketh Henry, Auckland

Our guidance ensures you stay on the right side of Health & Safety legislation

Health and Safety is a core consideration for any business or organisation. The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 places responsibility on all participants in business, at every level of an organisation, from Directors, to contractors, subcontractors, and workers.

We regularly provide health and safety compliance advice, helping companies and boards of directors understand their obligations and implement meaningful policies and programmes.

We can advise on specific health and safety issues and provide training and support for our clients.

Hesketh Henry’s experience covers New Zealand’s most high-risk industries: construction, maritime, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry and utilities.

Our lawyers, including former prosecutors, know how the regulatory agencies work. We assist our clients with mandatory notifications and investigations to lower the risk of prosecution or enforcement action. If charges are laid, we appear in Court as defence counsel, negotiate with the prosecution and can apply for enforceable undertakings. We are also on the panel for a number of insurers and help their insureds through these processes.

Need advice on Health & Safety?

Contact the expert team at Hesketh Henry.

Examples of work completed by our team include:

Providing Health and Safety training to the employees, managers, Boards of Directors and Boards of Trustees;
Helping clients manage their responsibilities with regard to personal protective equipment (PPE);
Advising employers on their obligation when acquiring a business, including health and safety and due diligence in relation to large industrial plant and operations;
Advising companies on the development and implementation of drug and alcohol testing regimes;
Assisting with mandatory notifications to regulators;
Assisting with investigations by WorkSafe, Maritime New Zealand and other regulators into notifiable incidents;
Negotiating enforceable undertakings;
Advising employers and business owners on Covid19 response;
Negotiating summaries of fact for use in prosecutions; and
Defending prosecutions and appearing at sentencing hearings.