The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal is likely to scrutinise the supply-chain conditions provided by major employers such as Coles, after revealing it will focus on the retail sector as part of its first annual work program.
FIFO workers need emotional support from supervisors; One injury claim made every 18 minutes in Victoria; WorkSafe WA targeting hardware sector; and NT Work Health Authority releases annual report.
Transport-industry employers must carefully prepare and train their workers in emergency breakdown procedures, the Western Australian Coroner has advised, after a truck driver became stranded in the desert and died.
Pike River report fuels safety rep dispute in Queensland; WA Mines Department targets ventilation breaches and releases guides; and "Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations" portfolio created in ACT.
Unions are again demanding an increase in penalty levels for negligent employers in Western Australia, after the Supreme Court halved a $180,000 fine imposed on a company and two directors over a workplace fatality.
Minister rejects Abetz's 16-day harmonisation claim; WA to eliminate "uncertainty" over workers' comp insurance for contractors; and Comcare releases guides on safety for workers travelling overseas.
There is a shortage of safety inspectors in Western Australia and work-related injury and fatality rates could "continue to rise", a union has claimed following the recent spate of work deaths in the State, including one yesterday.
Contract workers are often inexperienced and more susceptible to injury than full-time employees, WorkSafe WA's Jane Ardern has warned, in outlining seven ways to ensure contractors comply with safety rules.
Workplace Relations Minister Chris Evans has announced that businesses in some sectors will be able to delay complying with the harmonised WHS Regulations for 12 months, in a move that has been cheered - somewhat ironically - by the Federal Opposition.
Western Australia claims to have gained an ally in NSW in its push to delay the Work Health and Safety Act, and the Federal Government has conceded that the "deadlines are getting tight", in yet another troubled week for the harmonisation process.
