Employers are being encouraged to pledge their support for a new national anti-racism strategy, and improve their legal compliance and competitive advantage in the process.
An OHS lawyer has warned that it's "very easy to get it wrong" when it comes to managing ill or injured workers, and outlined eight points employers should consider when taking on the task.
Workers who successfully return to their jobs after injury are more likely to believe their employers invest heavily in OHS and have clear RTW policies, the latest Australia and New Zealand Return to Work Monitor has found.
Worker with cancer allegedly sacked for sick-leave request; Cheap safety strap would have averted $42k fine; Hierarchy of controls must be followed for height work; and Safety reviews urged after work deaths and amputation.
Employers that improve workplace communication and provide supervisors with training on mental health are effectively tackling stress, Japanese researchers have found.
Simple strategies, such as walking over and talking to colleagues instead of emailing them, can significantly reduce the health risks posed by sedentary work, Comcare says in a new toolkit on the issue.
A day after the ACCC warned that thousands of popular Chinese cars imported into Australia are fitted with asbestos gaskets, Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has released the Asbestos Management Review report, and listed many of the workplace and household objects that still contain the deadly substance.
FWA full bench dismisses Endeavour Energy's urine-test appeal; Control measures outlined after Victorian trench collapse; Western Australian inspectors investigating machinery death; WA and Queensland regulators issue fatality and fatigue alerts; and NT Coroner recommends load-cover requirements after road death.
