Operational Risk Assessment: Health, SafeCLASSIFICATION
Wellbeing
Strategic
Change and
Delivery
Risk Description: Risk that MfE does not take all practicable steps to ensure the Health and Safety, and Wellbeing
Inherent Risk
Current Risk
Target Risk
(HSW) of its kaimahi and provide them with a safe and respectful working environment.
Business
Operational
Likelihood
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Risk Owner: Te Pūrengi
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Risk Rating
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Risk Rating
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Risk Rating
Risk Lead: Tracey Kaio
Certain
Severe
Very High
Likely
Major
High
Possible
Major
High
Risk drivers:
Risk impacts:
Risk commentary:
• Maturity of our Health and Safety Management Systems,
• Legal prosecution
This risk was last reported to ARC as a ‘tactical’ risk in Dec 2023. Since that risk assessment, the Ministry, in line with our
framework, training, guidance
• Serious injury or fatality
Psychological Harm critical risk, has ensured there is a strong focus on how we control, manage, and monitor this risk.
• Leadership capability – there is a discrepancy of experience
• Kaimahi burnout and psychological injury
The Ministry continues to use Tō Reo survey results where wellbeing and workload have dedicated questions that enable
and confidence in leaders when managing remote hybrid
• Reputational damage (media, recruitment opportunities)
kaimahi to highlight areas for improvement, from their perspectives, and help us as a Ministry to monitor the impact of
teams 9(2)(g)(i)
• Breakdown of internal relationships and trust
strategy and tactics since the previous survey.
• Work design
• Lost productivity and time including presenteeism and
• Capability and capacity constraints when work is reactive
absenteeism
Response strategy:
(largely driven by external expectations)
• High turnover
Actively manage this risk and focus on preventative and proactive controls. The HSW Roadmap aims to lift our maturity
• Residual impacts from change processes and ongoing external
and focuses on maturing our approach to critical risk management , with specific focus on our Psychological Harm
uncertainty
critical risk.
Existing assurance activities and Key Risk Indicators:
• Quarterly HS&W reporting to Governance
• Incident, Hazard, EAP usage data, and Periodic engagement surveys (Tō Reo)
Fully Effective Risk Controls:
Partially Effective Controls (need better design or
• Critical Risks identified and confirmed by Te Pūrengi.
implementation):
Heat Map
Lone/Isolated Work, Driving, Pandemic, Psychological Harm.
• Quarterly HSW Committee escalation and communication
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• Quarterly Reporting to governance groups has been improved to
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better reflect the current state of the organization
• HSW Induction
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• Officer training completed by governance members to ensure they • Leadership capability development in HSW responsibilities and
are aware of their responsibility as Officers under the HSWA.
governance
Effective leadership, engagement and curiosity from Te Pūrengi as • Driving Policy – now complete
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MFE
they explore quarterly HSW report data.
• Fatigue Procedure
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• Strengthening the engagement of our Health, Safety, and
• Induction and guidelines for fully remote kaimahi
Wellbeing (HSW) Reps across all business groups. Including
• Implementation of robust documentation, monitoring and review
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training and regular Rep meetings.
procedures of critical risk management
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• Building trust in our HSW capability across the Ministry and
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becoming more visible as a resource for kaimahi.
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• HSW Policy and HSW Charter
• Tō Reo/engagement surveys give information on some wellbeing
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indicators
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Planned actions/future controls:
Key milestones include:
The HSW Roadmap is focused on four key pillars
:
• Creation of Driving Policy and Fatigue procedure
1. Building HSW capability and understanding across the Ministry • Updated HSW Induction
Rare
– particularly with leaders
• Governance and HSW Rep capability uplift
2. Ensuring robust Critical Risk management
• Mental Health Capability uplift for Leaders
Minimal
Minor
Moderate
Major
Severe
3. Reinforcing HSW expectations and responsibilities
• Remote worker induction
4. Reviewing Health and Safety Management Systems
• Updating Incident and Hazard reporting system and investigation
Consequence
Expected delivery July 2025. Then focus will shift to the
guidelines.
documentation, monitoring, and review frameworks for Ministry’s
• Completion of 9(2)(a), 6(d)
recommendations
Key: Very Low Low Medium High Very High
sks.
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