Browsing: Authority/inspectorate (National) | Page 101

A health and safety rep, who successfully campaigned for her employer to replace an unsafe work building containing asbestos with new facilities, is among those recognised at the ninth annual Safe Work Australia Awards. This article includes a link to an OHS Alert case study of one of the winners.

Workers in the clerical and retail industries lodged the most applications for stop-bullying orders in the first three months of 2014, according to the Fair Work Commission's first anti-bullying quarterly report.

Employer fined over forklift breaches after fatality; OHS Alert subscriber webinar coming soon; Work death toll falls; and South Australian safety awards open.

Big changes to safety legislation and the FWC's first anti-bullying decisions rank among OHS Alert's most popular and important stories from the first quarter of 2014. Check this recap to make sure you didn't miss any news affecting your workplace.

Unsafe employer and workers' comp fraudster fined in Victoria; and Essential safety news from eight jurisdictions.

Premium breaches likely to attract maximum fines; and Design flaws continue to cause most OHS incidents, says NOPSEMA.

Queensland's WHS Amendment Bill has passed through Parliament, with the Bill's architect - the Attorney-General - repeating his seemingly incongruous boast that work injury rates are falling under the current laws. Meanwhile, Safe Work Australia is keeping tight-lipped on its position on the Queensland changes.

PCBUs told to assess fall risks from all heights; and Comcare prosecuting Transpacific for second time in three months.

Employers have more control over injury and claims management and can decrease workers' comp costs if they self-insure, but they must ensure their OHS standards are "better than compliance", according to Aon Hewitt's people risk consulting services director.

Some workers could be bound by the conditions of a stop-bullying order for decades, in theory, with the Fair Work Commission not being required to apply timeframes or expiry dates to orders.