Feature article
Safety behind corporate lines
26 August, 2010For years, it has been drummed into the corporate consciousness that senior management must be committed to OHS. And all along, senior management has been saying it is committed — but, recent research suggests this commitment may be just skin deep. Read full article...
Latest news and cases
Female professionals struggling with male workplace culture: survey
3 September, 2010Two in five women struggle with occupational bullying and harassment because of prevailing ‘male-dominated’ work cultures, a union survey found. Read full article...
Maximum fines over fatal explosion
3 September, 2010A company and its director’s lack of remorse over the deaths of three South Australian workers in a factory explosion, has helped earn them close to the maximum penalties for the OHS breaches. Read full article...
‘Tough’ Tasmanian mine laws on the way
3 September, 2010The Tasmanian Government has foreshadowed strong mine safety laws, in the wake of another damning coronial inquiry into a mining fatality. Read full article...
Risk assessments must take in work vicinity: Court
3 September, 2010Workers at a NSW sawmill routinely cleared blockages from a conveyor when in the vicinity of other unguarded machines, a Court has found in fining the company over a worker’s amputation. Read full article...
‘Red flags’ ignored before fatal roof fall
2 September, 2010A Tasmanian Coroner has lashed a mining company and the state’s OHS regulator over the ‘avoidable’ death of a miner 10 years ago. Read full article...
Prisoner can claim compo for work injury
2 September, 2010A former Northern Territory prison inmate has been allowed to pursue a workers compensation claim for an injury he sustained while working in a prison program. Read full article...
News briefs, 02/09/10
2 September, 2010Trends in occupational asbestos exposure; New study to reveal the impact of war on female soldiers; New safety resources – alerts and guidance notes; National Council of Self Insurers Conference, 3-5 Nov. Read full article...
Workers compensation and its effect on employment conditions
2 September, 2010An employee’s absence on workers compensation can create some issues for an employer – most commonly, relating either to the taking or the accrual of paid leave entitlements during workers compensation, or the interaction of workers compensation with other employment conditions. The introduction of the Fair Work Act may have changed employers’ legal obligations in this arena. Read full article...