New Zealand releases new guidelines to reduce workplace falls
09 May, 2012New Zealand has recently launched Best Practice Guidelines for Working at Height. The guidelines give clear, simple advice that will help bring down the death and injury toll from avoidable falls in the construction industry.
Workers compensation for injury during ‘private bedroom activities’
09 May, 2012 by Felicity Clarke and Elizabeth McLean, Squire Sanders | Supplied by: Squire SandersThe Federal Court has upheld a workers compensation claim by a Commonwealth worker whose ‘private activities’ with a ‘male friend’ in a motel room caused a glass light fitting above the bed to fall and strike her on the nose and mouth leaving her with physical and psychological injuries.
WorkCover board shake-up
08 May, 2012Last week the NSW Minister for Finance and Services Greg Pearce announced a shake-up of the WorkCover Board to address the $4.1 billion deficit and implement a reform agenda following the outcomes of the Parliamentary inquiry.
Ansell settles acquisition of Trelleborg Protective Products
04 May, 2012Protective solutions company Ansell has concluded its acquisition of the Trelleborg Protective Products (TPP) business. Ansell will operate the former Trelleborg business under the name Ansell Protective Solutions (APS), and as part of its Specialty Markets Global Business Unit.
OHS innovations in mining recognised
04 May, 2012New South Wales miners from the Illawarra/Wollondilly and Hunter Valley regions were reconised at the 2012 NSW Minerals Council OHS Innovation Awards in front of around 550 of their peers.
Mental illnesses cost mining industry $320-450 million a year
03 May, 2012Between 8000 to 10,000 employees in the mining industry experienced a common mental health illness over a 12-month period, reveals a report released at the recent NSW Minerals Council’s 2012 Occupational Health and Safety Conference in the Hunter. It is estimated that people from across all mining employment categories are affected equally, from managers and professionals through to machinery operators and drivers.
Asbestos lawyers welcome James Hardie High Court decision
03 May, 2012Today's High Court decision on James Hardie Industries has been welcomed by Maurice Blackburn lawyers. The Court held that seven non-executive directors of James Hardie broke the law when they released a misleading statement to the Australian Stock Exchange in February 2001.
Director fined $11,000 over ‘seriously reckless’ employment practices
03 May, 2012The former sole director of a retail company has been fined $11,000 after the Federal Magistrates Court found he presided over “seriously reckless” employment practices.
Restaurants and cafes call for fair go on penalty rates
02 May, 2012The NSW Business Chamber, in association with Restaurant & Catering Australia, is calling for a new approach to penalty rates in an application lodged with Fair Work Australia.
ACCC takes action against Safety Compliance
02 May, 2012The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings against Safety Compliance and three individuals related to the company. The company operates its business from Tweed Heads, NSW.
2012 WorkSafe Award nominations now open
01 May, 2012Nominations for the 2012 WorkSafe Victoria Awards are now open, with WorkSafe calling on people and business that are ‘making a difference’ to enter.
Casting a green eye on safety
01 May, 2012 | Supplied by: MSA Australia Pty LtdThere is little argument that in today’s workplace significant attention has been given to improving the environmental footprint created by work activity and sites.
WorkSafe roadshow to tour Victoria
01 May, 2012WorkSafe Victoria’s annual roadshow begins soon, with 19 metropolitan and country locations to be visited from 15 May to 19 June.
7th annual Safe Work Australia Awards winners announced
27 April, 2012 | Supplied by: Safe Work AustraliaWinners of the 7th annual Safe Work Australia Awards were announced at a ceremony held at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 26 April 2012.
Sexual harassment persists in Australian workplaces, says report
27 April, 2012As part of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project, a report has been released analysing 284 sexual harassment complaints reported to all Australian, state and territory equal opportunity commissions.
