Browsing: Jurisdiction (VIC) | Page 135

A Randstad employment analyst has highlighted the link between playing sport and improved worker health and productivity, while Victoria is encouraging city workers to get out of the office and participate in belly dancing classes or guided lunchtime walks.

Workers' comp cheats under scrutiny; WorkCover WA targeting lapsed policies and other breaches; and Comcare launches tool to reduce organisational-change injuries.

Employers fined for powerline and notification breaches; Draft manual handling Code released for comment in Victoria; SA Greens reintroduce cancer Bill; Three farm deaths in NSW prompt safety call; and NSW safety awards open.

NSW assessing viability of further WorkCover premium cuts; Victorian OHS fine increased by 650 per cent on appeal; Work and quad bike death tolls climbing; and Did you miss our latest quarterly update?

An employer has committed $100,000 to a manual handling study, while a second employer has promised to provide extensive safety training to its workers and supervisors, after they were both accused of OHS breaches.

A Victorian employer was entitled to assume a worker was capable of performing a managerial role without sustaining a stress-related psych injury, the Court of Appeal has ruled in dismissing the worker's damages claim.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is warning employers of the limited scope of occupational exposure limits (OELs), ahead of Monday's World Day for Safety and Health at Work focusing on the safe use of chemicals.

Falling injury rate good news for Victorian premiums; Asbestos news from four jurisdictions; and New Minister to oversee WorkCover NSW.

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

A Victorian employer has committed to spending $667,000 on OHS initiatives - in addition to the $117,000 it has already spent on developing a crane interlock system - as part of an enforceable undertaking, after five safety incidents occurred at three of its sites in less than a year.