Workers compensation fraud lands osteopath in court
11 July, 2012An osteopath has been convicted and fined $16,000 after pleading guilty to fraudulently obtaining payments from WorkSafe.
Workplace relations decline continues, finds AMMA report
11 July, 2012On the three-year anniversary of the Fair Work Act 2009, the latest AMMA Workplace Relations Research report, on its operation and impact on the resource industry, has shown an ongoing deterioration of the Australian workplace relations (WR) environment.
Warrnambool company wins Victoria’s Top Tradie
10 July, 2012Warrnambool’s 1300 Temp Fence has won four tickets to one of Victoria’s premier motorcycle events after competing alongside more than 90 teams who took part in WorkSafe’s Top Tradie competition over the past six-weeks.
Support for Tasmanian forestry workers
09 July, 2012Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten and Minister for Employment Participation Kate Ellis have announced a $3.9 million investment for Tasmanian forestry workers facing redundancy to help them access employment and training.
Concrete company fined $80,000 after man almost dies
09 July, 2012Tegra Australia, a concrete manufacturing business that provides premix concrete and materials to construction sites throughout NSW, has been fined $80,000 and ordered to pay WorkCover’s legal costs after a 29-year-old man almost died when he inhaled toxic fumes.
Security company faces court for allegedly underpaying workers $21,000
06 July, 2012The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched a prosecution against a security company, alleging it underpaid 19 employees more than $21,000.
No photo, no expiry, no licence for NSW high-risk workers
06 July, 2012To meet national standards, a number of older high-risk work licences will require conversion and renewal before 31 December 2012. This includes licences issued before 1996, licences issued between 1996 and 2004 without an expiry date, and licences issued with an expiry date but not renewed within 12 months of expiring.
John Holland and Thiess admit to OHS failings, will fund major safety research investment
06 July, 2012Two of Australia’s largest construction companies, John Holland and Thiess, have entered into a $225,000 enforceable undertaking after two concrete sound barrier panels, each weighing 11.3 tonnes, fell from a contractor’s truck near the Eastlink tollway project in Ringwood, Melbourne, in October 2006.
Proposed NSW Asbestos Plan: have your say
05 July, 2012The draft NSW state-wide asbestos plan is now available on the WorkCover website for an eight-week public consultation period. Public comment is open until 5 pm, Friday 17 August 2012.
APESMA survey finds professionals get bullied too
04 July, 2012A new survey of 351 APESMA members has revealed that almost 5% of Australian engineers, scientists and other professionals have witnessed acts of violence in their workplace.
Better protections for clothing industry outworkers
02 July, 2012The Minister for Workplace Relations, Bill Shorten, has said that the improved conditions for outworkers in the textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) industry - most of them women - deliver nationally consistent rights and legal protections for the first time.
National road safety tribunal to improve safety for Australian road users
02 July, 2012Australia’s first national Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal began operation yesterday. The tribunal has the power to set pay and conditions for truck drivers to reduce the economic pressures on truck drivers to meet unfair and unrealistic deadlines which risk their own lives and the lives of others.
Job control can reduce sick days from back pain
29 June, 2012As Western Australia struggles with a skilled labour shortage, a Perth researcher and orthopaedic surgeon has published important findings on long work absences due to lower back pain.
Historic Equal Remuneration Order for hard-working community sector workers
28 June, 2012The Gillard government has welcomed the first Equal Remuneration Order handed down by Fair Work Australia (FWA). The order details how the social and community sector workers - most of them women - will receive significant pay rises.
Australians work too hard, says expert
28 June, 2012Overwork is significantly impacting the mental health and wellbeing of Australians, a Flinders University labour studies expert warns.
