National OH&S Consultants
Workplace Health & Safety Check-up
About Us
Services & Products
Safety Placements
Contact Us
eShop
Corporate Profile
Worklaw Health & Safety was founded in 1989 by Managing Director, Ian Gidlow (after the enactment of the first Queensland legislation governing Health & Safety in the workplace, known then as the “Workplace Health & Safety Act-1989”).  The Act saw a shift in policy toward forcing operators of workplaces to self regulate in terms of risk management and develop a programme along risk and injury preventative lines, rather than the previous inspection and penalty policy under the Machinery Act, Scaffold Act etc.

Ian, a qualified Lawyer, had previously acted as a Legal Liability Consultant to the Queensland Government (through the Worker’s Compensation Board) for in excess of ten years, investigating the circumstances of industrial and commercial incidents after they occurred.  Ian then sought to prevent workplace incidents rather than investigate them after the fact, by offering a Legal Liability and Occupational Health & Safety consulting service to assist Business Operators to understand their onerous 'Duty of Care' obligations under this newly introduced legislation.

For the past 19 years, Worklaw's comprehensive services have assisted clients to identify hazards, implement adequate policies and procedures, safety plans, safety training and integrated safety systems to avoid costly fines and other enforcement penalties, improve employee morale and safe work practices, reduce Worker's Compensation claims, lost time and more recently, obtain significant Insurance benefits.

Our experience across a broad range of industries, coupled with our personal attention to detail and quality, has resulted in exponential growth of our business through referral. The Company trades nationally and in New Zealand and is competent in legislative requirements in all States. Our developed services are very well respected in our core industries.

We undertake Risk Management and Safety consultancy in a broad range of industry spheres including but not limited to:-

  • Abattoir & Meat Industry
  • Aviation
  • Australian Amusement, Leisure and Recreation Association including major Theme Parks- AALARA National AM-SAFE Accreditation (Licensee)  
  • Building and Construction Industry
  • Caravan Trade and Industries
  • Caravan RV and Accommodation Association CRVA - National Accreditation (Licensee)
  • Commercial Electrical and Shopfitting
  • Consumer & Trade Events & Exhibitions
  • Education (including early childhood, school and tertiary facility Audits)
  • Manufacturing
  • Refrigeration & Air-conditioning
  • Residential Body Corporates
  • Restaurants and other Licensed Premises
  • Steel Fabrication
  • Transport
  • Tourism, Resorts, Caravan Parks and Accommodation

This is to name just a few.

We specialise in the provision of:

  • On-site Safety Officers for the Event Industry (see our EVENT-Safe Service), and temporary safety personnel for fixed workplaces
  • Hazard Auditing, Documentation and National Accreditation for the Caravan Park, Resorts and Accommodation Industry (see our PARK-Safe service) and the Amusement Ride and Leisure Industry (see our AM-Safe service)
  • Recruitment of Safety Staff and any other personnel for your business

10101010100010001100110010101010111111111000100010000000110011001010101010101010110000001010101011111111101010101010101011001100