New board appointed in controversial WorkCover "shake-up"; Safety-data-sheet guide released as NT WorkSafe defends harmonised asbestos laws; WorkSafe investigating crush death; and Emergency eye-wash poster published.
The NSW Government will consider removing WorkCover journey claims and reducing step-down periods to prevent premiums from increasing by 28 per cent, but unions warn that injured workers will be abandoned under the proposals.
Ai Group to appeal FWA's workers' comp/service ruling; OHS fine nearly doubled to $230k on appeal; and Extreme care urged following two excavator fatalities.
The NSW Government will today announce plans to curtail injured workers' entitlements in an effort to reduce employer premiums, but unions have warned the move could end in "disaster".
WorkCover NSW has outlined seven ways for employers to improve forklift safety, after a worker was killed in an incident involving one of the vehicles.
NSW IRC President Justice Roger Boland has slammed WorkCover for its "secrecy", in rejecting its application to adjourn nine OHS prosecutions currently before the Industrial Court.
The NSW Government has outlined a number of possible WorkCover reforms as flagged by the scheme's outgoing chair. Also in this article, the Government has fielded questions on the adjournment of dozens of OHS prosecutions.
NSW's "untenable" WorkCover scheme will be reformed sooner rather than later after its CEO and chair resigned, State Finance Minister Greg Pearce says.
WorkCover NSW and WorkSafe Victoria have clarified the alarming cost of workers' compensation claims for stress, industrial deafness and musculoskeletal disorders, and outlined what they plan to do to help employers reduce them.
WorkCover NSW should make it harder for injured workers to claim damages for permanent impairment, or risk the development of an unsustainable "lump sum culture", a PricewaterhouseCoopers report has recommended.
