The ninth CPM report contains 25 indicators that provide a range of information designed to help gauge the success of different approaches to reduce the incidence of work-related injury and disease.

Proactive management of problem employees is crucial, as management should aim to neutralise the problem behaviour as soon as possible.

Several important decisions to lead and coordinate national efforts to prevent workplace death, injury and disease were made at the ASCC’s eighth meeting, held recently in Canberra.

The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) has organised what is claimed to be the largest asbestos survey and research program to ever be undertaken at a single work site in Australia.

Changes to the social and political landscape since the 11 September 2001 terrorism attacks have brought far-reaching changes in OHS laws and increased accountability and liability on C-level executives.

Mr Munchausen, Mr Resentful and Mr Bully are not obvious members of an employee group. Each character is something of a prototype – a number of employees may exhibit some of the qualities associated with these characters in different amounts and at different times.

Bearcat Tyres has introduced a heavy-duty wheel safety reporting service for the port handling and mining industries.

Drug Action Week is a national initiative to raise awareness on the harm caused by illicit drugs in the workplace.

The meeting of the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council (WRMC) in Brisbane on 23 May 2008 represented an historic watershed in cooperative federalism in the workplace relations area.

What do military history and popular culture tell us about corporate values and the capacity to introduce change? Perhaps more than we expect.

An Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) document — Occupational Disease Indicators April 2008 — reports on the current trends of various diseases associated with occupations, providing credible baseline indicators in occupational disease.

Occupational health and safety continues to feature in the ‘sought after’ and highly rewarded jobs this year, reveals a recent remuneration survey.

The Australian government is working to champion a cooperative approach to improve OHS performance in the building and construction industry.

Working at height is a dangerous activity, regardless of occupation. This is a situation that many in the construction industry, particularly roofing plumbers, find themselves working in on a daily basis.

Australian and New Zealand Workplace Safety Authorities met in Adelaide on 11 March 2008 to discuss the progress of a range of initiatives to further occupational health and safety management in Australian workplaces