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‘Apathy‘ as OHS stakeholders fear concerns may go unheeded: lawyer
The Fed Govt’s tight timeline for public comment on the draft model OHS laws is leading to a level of “apathy” and “apprehension” in some OHS quarters, says Deacons WR and OHS partner Michael Tooma. He...
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OHS model Act moves to next phase as public comment period ends: SWA
The draft model OHS Act (see Rudd lays down law on workplace safety: OHN comment) will now proceed to its next stage after the public comment period closed on Monday Nov 9. “I am pleased to see that...
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WR Ministers meet to discuss OHS
ohs harmonisation Today’s WR Ministerial Council meeting has signed-off on a new model OHS law with only WA holding out. At presstime, Dep PM & WR Minister Julia Gillard said most states and...
View ArticleFM slams company's ignorance of OH&S laws and union right-of-entry
A Canberra building company and two senior staff have been fined $12,000 for being “ignorant” of occupational health and safety laws and banning two union officials from entering a worksite....
View ArticleHarassment laws underestimated
HR managers need to crack down on discriminatory workplace culture as they face greater liability risks for sexual harassment claims, lawyers from DLA Phillips Fox say. In a report called The Serious...
View ArticlePrevention better than prosecution
Three prosecutions stemming from unsafe work practices that have lead to fines totalling almost a quarter of a million dollars has prompted SafeWork SA to issue a warning to business. SafeWork...
View ArticleFinity report finds ‘best practice’ should include NIIS participation
Written by Workers Compensation Report editor Peter Angelopoulos A Finity report commissioned by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has found “it would not be a difficult task” to include severe...
View ArticleWIRO finds NSW insurers flouting WCD rules
Written by Workers Compensation Report editor Peter Angelopoulos. The WorkCover Independent Review Office (WIRO) annual report, tabled in NSW parliament on June 25, has found a regulation to restrict...
View ArticleQld seeks ‘swift and calm’ transition away from c/law threshold
Written by Workers Compensation Report editor Peter Angelopoulos. Qld Treasurer Curtis Pitt has told WCR the state government had established a stakeholder reference group “to advise on” reinstating...
View ArticleEducation trumps punitive WHS approach
Written by Occupational Health News editor Annie Lawson. Some work health and safety (WHS) regulators are increasingly taken an educative approach to workplace safety without compromising their legal...
View ArticleFemale war hero sacked after ‘challenging’ male co-workers
Written by Workforce chief journalist Gerard May. The Fair Work Commission has found a decorated war veteran and the first female Black Hawk pilot was unfairly dismissed from her private sector job...
View ArticleThinking outside the box: Ann Sherry
In conversation with Professor Niki Ellis In December last year I came before the last meeting of Safe Work Australia (SWA) chaired by Ann Sherry who was completing her term in that office. Dressed in...
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