ABSTRACT
This chapter will deal with employment or labour legislation rather briefly for the potential scope of this subject. Employment laws, awards and regulations differ from country to country and from state to state. For this reason, general principles will be covered, with a cautionary recommendation that these issues be explored by managers locally and in depth. Event organizers, regardless of the size of their events, need to pay close attention to the working conditions of everyone on site, with safety being the highest priority. A compulsory pre-event briefing is increasingly commonplace at today’s events where safety issues are discussed and procedures for incident reporting and emergency evacuation are explained. For most, compulsory attendance (and in some cases the answering of a safety quiz) is required for all workers, including contract workers. This is the cornerstone of a risk management approach and essential for insurance purposes.
