Minimum Practices

This sub-section will help intermediaries focus their time and resources efficiently, to provide effective support and to flag complex areas where specialist external support may be required. Intermediaries can decide which strategy they may consider as minimum practices and apply/adapt in their portfolio depending on the size and formality of supported enterprises. While the strategies present an ideal situation, in many cases, intermediaries may not use the strategies to exclude, but as steps towards supporting the SGBs to appreciate and adopt the key OHS and fair work practices.

The sub-section provides information on:

  1. Minimum E&OHS practices for SGBs: These are the seven key practice areas that were co-created with intermediaries during the development of this toolkit.
  2. Minimum Practices Decision Tree: This is a decision tree that would help intermediaries decide on applicable minimum practices based on whether they work with formalizing, dynamic or venture scales, or idea, early/start-up, or growth stage SGBs.

Alignment with Programme and Exclusion Criteria

This includes the basic requirements that would allow admission or inclusion of an SGB into and intermediary’s support program(s)...

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Compliance to legal regulations

This includes subscriptions to pre-requisite permits, licenses, and certifications as required by governing law in a specific...

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Safety at Work

Primarily physical, chemical and biological considerations within the workplace including fire safety, free of bio-chemical, and auditory hazards...

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Mental Wellbeing

Includes actions that support employee’s mental health and psychological wellbeing. Mentally healthy work is work where risks to people’s mental...

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Policies and Procedures

Policies and procedures go hand-in-hand but are not interchangeable...

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Fair Work Practices

SGBs need to be committed to fair employment and treatment, as a...

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Sector Specific Standards

Every sector has specific requirements that need to be adhered to, to either protect the consumers, or provide an enabling environment for the enterprises to compete fairly...

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