Browsing: Workers' comp legislation, regulations, standards and codes (ACT) | Page 2

• Anti-violence policy standardised and mandated in Vic;
  
• "Fit notes" compulsory in the ACT soon; and
  
• LPG, amputation, roof and dust alerts issued in Qld.

The ACT Government has scrapped plans to abandon Comcare and establish its own workers' compensation scheme for its 21,000 public servants.

• NSW makes safety regs and code, lauds asbestos changes;
  
• SafeWork SA's new regulatory model commences today; and
  
• Catastrophically injured workers now covered for life in ACT.

• Rebate encourages substitution of unsafe vehicles in NSW; and
  
• Asbestos and discrimination laws progress in the ACT.

• Australia's biggest OHS fine passes Vic Lower House;
  
• New RTW laws reduce employer liability in NSW;
  
• ACT Bill streamlines asbestos claims for dying workers; and
  
• FWBC issues methamphetamine warning.

• Worker surveillance and accident laws progress in ACT;
  
• New safety advisory council kicks off in SA;
  
• NSW releases permanent impairment guides; and
  
• Qld launches WHS and RTW awards.

• Workplace defibrillator saves inductee contractor's life;
  
• SWA encourages memorial events, releases fatality report; and
  
• Second red-tape reduction Bill passes in ACT.

• Inquiry backs ABCC Bill despite safety concerns;
  
• New accreditation Regulation for building industry commences;
  
• New WHS Code commencing in Qld; and
  
• Bill reduces red tape in ACT's WHS and workers' comp Acts - again.

• Start date for "fit notes" flagged in Qld; and
  
• Bill eases limits on workers' comp investigations.

• Major new RTW and entry rules pass in ACT;
  
• Safety laws passed and amended in Qld and SA; and
  
• Suite of Regulations released for NZ's new work safety laws.