WA employer fined record $30k for not insuring workers; Call to educate workers on warning signs of heart attack; NSW provides free legal services to injured workers; and Walk to work this Friday.
NSW employers are being encouraged, by one of three new fact sheets on the recent workers' compensation overhaul, to look at ways to get injured employees back to work quicker. Also in this article, WorkCover is hosting a webinar on workplace falls tomorrow.
Changes to the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act aim to protect workers from bullying; Finalists for Q-COMP Return to Work Awards announced; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
Global employer WorleyParsons has established a special HSE committee to keep its board members up to speed with their health and safety responsibilities, according to its latest annual report.
Employers should train leaders to spot symptoms of mental illness, such as a decline in performance, instead of trying to identify the illness itself, says National Australia Bank's head of health and safety Paul Gilmer.
A Queensland police officer, who disappeared after taking stress leave, had been provided with adequate employer support and a "well thought out" return-to-work program, a coronial inquest has found.
Work is "the last great hurdle left in mental health in Australia", with many employers more likely to discipline than help employees with a mental illness, according to former NSW Opposition leader John Brogden, who yesterday spoke openly about his suicide attempt.
BHP Billiton has recently updated its isolation and permit-to-work procedures - in accordance with the ILO mine safety convention - and reduced its TRIFR by six per cent in the process, according to its 2011/12 sustainability report.
Workers regularly exposed to vibration are at risk of extensive health problems and musculoskeletal disorders, but employers don't have to spend a lot of money to measure and control the problem, according to two new Safe Work Australia fact sheets.
