Ai Group: union attempts to restrict casual employment flexibility need to be rejected
16 May, 2012The Australian Industry Group has announced its opposition of unions’ attempts to reduce casual employment flexibility, with CEO Innes Willox saying the unions’ claims are “not in Australia’s interests”.
Academics to research unpaid work practices
10 April, 2012The Fair Work Ombudsman is teaming with two leading academics to identify opportunities for increasing public awareness about laws relating to unpaid work.
Have your say on work health and safety for the next decade
27 March, 2012The framework for work health and safety in the nation for the next decade, the ‘Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022’, was released yesterday for an eight-week public comment period.
Kordia to deploy ComOps safety and risk management platform
22 February, 2012ComOps has won a competitive tender to deploy its Salvus safety, risk and claims management software solution at Kordia, one of Australia’s largest telecommunications systems integration service delivery organisations. Salvus will replace the organisation’s existing manual Excel spreadsheet, database and paper-based system for recording workplace incidents and hazards, which was unable to keep up with the company’s fast-paced growth. At the same time, Salvus will enable Kordia to efficiently handle the tracking of incident and hazard reporting on behalf of its workforce, many of whom are located in regional and remote areas.
Resource industry outlines major areas of reform in submission to Fair Work Review
21 February, 2012Restoring the ability for employers to engage and negotiate directly with their workforce has underpinned the key recommendations from national resource industry employer group AMMA, in its submission to the Australian Government’s Fair Work Act Review Panel. Representing all areas of the resource and related construction industry, AMMA’s submission examines how the Fair Work Act has failed on its key objectives and puts forth specific reforms that would see a return to mutually rewarding employment relationships in Australian workplaces.
Dangers of exposure to LPG
30 November, 2011Liquefied petroleum gas is highly flammable, invisible and heavier than air. If it leaks or escapes it will flow along floors and downhill into gullies, and will tend to settle in low spots, such as trenches or basements.
Preventing structural collapse during demolition
21 July, 2011WorkCover NSW has issued a safety alert following an incident involving the collapse of a suspended concrete slab during the demolition of a multistorey building.
Businesses urged to review safety procedures
04 July, 2011WorkCover NSW has urged businesses to review their safety procedures after one worker died and three others received serious injuries in separate workplace incidents.
WorkSafe Victoria uncovers high number of workplace breaches
27 May, 2011WorkSafe Victoria has issued 264 improvement notices as part of the ‘Safe Towns’ campaign.
Empire Caravans pleads guilty for failing to comply with WorkSafe notices
04 May, 2011Empire Caravans has pleaded guilty for failing to comply with safety improvement notices.
Star program sees safety success
08 April, 2011A new safety initiative developed by the Australian Reinforcing Company has resulted in no lost-time injuries at the company’s Victorian and Tasmanian sites.
WorkCover publishes new injury management consultant guidelines
05 April, 2011WorkCover NSW has published new guidelines for injury management consultants.
Guardian safety management program
30 March, 2011 byThe Guardian management program is designed to help companies improve safety in their workplaces. The program assesses each unit’s particular needs, compares these to the existing safety solutions and then selects the best glove for each job.
Pervidi safety inspection software
23 February, 2011 byThe Pervidi safety inspection software can assist safety inspectors increase efficiency and accuracy. Suitable for a variety of applications in industries from mining to farming, it is particularly useful in the implementation of occupational health and safety inspections.
Retriever wireless OHS safety compliance applications
24 January, 2011 byThe Retriever wireless OHS safety compliance applications are claimed to allow field workers to increase jobs per day by 30% while integrating health and safety controls into field data collection processes.
