Feature article
Corporate Leadership: Practising what you preach
10 June, 2009Why do companies say one thing and do another? Workplace health and safety in Australia has never before had such a high priority within company boards and senior management teams, yet workers are continuing to suffer debilitating injuries and fatalities. Read full article...
Latest news and cases
Model OHS Act must protect and promote whistleblowers
3 July, 2009The Model OHS Act must protect those workers blowing the whistle on potentially dangerous OHS practices from the threat of bullying, discrimination and harassment, an ACTU spokesperson said at a recent conference. Read full article...
What is recommended height for stacking of loaded pallets?
3 July, 2009WorkplaceOHS experts regularly answer your questions on OHS issues that you face day-to-day in the workplace. In this article, our experts comment on the recommended height for stacking of loaded pallets. Read full article...
News briefs, 03/07/09
3 July, 2009New schedule for Victoria’s ‘Safer Work Zones’ campaign; Comment sought for Comcare’s permanent impairment options paper; New FSC ‘one-stop-shop’ accreditation website; SA WorkCover spends $2.4m on RTW projects. Read full article...
He kissed, she told, he got the sack: case dismissed
3 July, 2009A man who was sacked after allegedly kissing a female workmate on the neck, which he denied and to which there were no witnesses, has failed in a bid to get his job back. Read full article...
Employer’s duty of care covered contractor’s employees
2 July, 2009A sawmill operator’s duty of care extended to employees of an independent contractor; and, therefore, a County Court had not erred in its decision, the Victorian Supreme Court ruled in dismissing leave to appeal an earlier conviction. Read full article...
Ruling on CFMEU ‘safety’ strike overturned by AIRC
2 July, 2009The AIRC has overturned a ruling that CFMEU members were entitled to take an unauthorised work stoppage because it was over a safety concern. Read full article...
Opening of Fair Work Australia — perspectives and projections
2 July, 2009Key players from government, the Fair Work Authority, unions and employers attended the opening ceremony of Fair Work Australia in Sydney yesterday. Read full article...
High level damages for psych injury arising from violent robbery
2 July, 2009The Supreme Court of Victoria awarded over $600,000 in damages to a worker who had been severely traumatised by a violent robbery at the service station where she was employed. Read full article...