Thursday, 3 December 2020
Every year, the LGIS Board of Directors head out to one of our regional members, to see firsthand the excellent services and facilities local governments provide to their communities.
In 2020, the Board visited the City of Greater Geraldton, and were pleased to join Mayor Shane Van Styn, along with Ross McKim (CEO), Brodie Pearce (Manager Corporate Compliance and Safety), and Fred Block (Acting Coordinator Events and Venues) for a tour of key local attractions. These included those pictured (clockwise), the Aquarena (Waterwise winner), the Sydney memorial, and the Council owned and operated Queens Park Theatre.
Thursday, 3 December 2020
The Board was thrilled to be joined by nearly 40 guests, elected members and local government executives from eight surrounding local governments, and our hosts the City of Greater Geraldton for a member function.
It was a great opportunity to catch up with our regional colleagues after a somewhat trying and distanced year.
LGIS Emergency Warden Training – 10 March
LGIS Risk Assessment Training – 10 & 11 March
LG Professionals Finance Conference 10-11 March
LGIS Incident Investigation Masterclass 16 & 17 March
LGIS OSH Roles & Responsibilities – 24 March
LGIS CEO Breakfast – 20 April
LGIS Workforce Risk Forum – 20 April
Visit our LGIS website to see more details about our upcoming events.
At its core, LGIS is all about local governments working together to achieve best outcomes for their organisations, people
and community. LGSAG is one such initiative where we have collaborated with member representatives to ensure they can create a safe and healthy work environment for their workforce when it comes into effect sometime next year.
The Workers’ Compensation & Injury Management Bill 2023, currently before Parliament in Western Australia, will enact major changes to WA’s workers’ compensation scheme
when it comes into effect sometime next year.
The importance of employers following internal policies and procedures and keeping accurate records can’t be emphasised enough when effectively managing a worker’s compensation claim. Our first case explores the need to follow one’s own internal polices in the context of a worker’s compensation work related stress claim.
Many WA local governments have waterways within their area, and must work together with other entities – such as the Department of Water, landowners, and state government agencies – to keep these waterways, and the people who visit them, safe.
When hiring a new staff member it is important to ensure they are able to perform the inherent
requirements of the role and have the required skills, qualifications (applicable to the level of the role) and knowledge to perform the role they are employed to do.
Psychological injury claims are expected to increase in 2021 with the ongoing stress of living through a pandemic.
LGIS is the unifying name for the dedicated suite of risk financing and management services for WA local governments, established by the WA Local Government Association in conjunction with JLT Public Sector (part of the Marsh group of companies). LGIS is managed by JLT Public Sector (ABN 69 009 098 864 AFS Licence 226827).
Risk Matters, via this website, is designed to keep members, their staff and elected members informed on topical risk management and insurance issues and LGIS programs and services.
