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Many workers will be reluctant to speak up about safety issues for fear of reprisal if Safe Work Australia accepts Queensland's proposed changes to right-of-entry laws, according to the ACTU.
A NSW Bill to prevent OHS prosecutions being held up by "technicalities" has passed through both houses of Parliament, despite encountering a hurdle in the Legislative Council two weeks ago.
Federal Employment Minister Eric Abetz has hinted at what his approach to the WHS Act will be over the next three years, in citing - as an example of overregulation - a suggestion in the now-defunct bullying Code of Practice that employers put up anti-bullying posters in lunchrooms.
The life-span of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal could prove very short, with Federal Employment Minister Eric Abetz announcing a review into whether it imposes "onerous and unnecessary compliance burdens" on employers.
The President of the Fair Work Commission has stressed that the new anti-bullying jurisdiction is not about penalising employers, in releasing two documents to help employers and workers know what to expect when it takes effect on 1 January.
Queensland has confirmed that a host of transitional arrangements for its mirror WHS Regulation will be extended by 12 months, while two model Codes of Practice will take effect in less than two weeks.
Start date confirmed for heavy vehicle safety laws; Tasmania's safest employers announced; and New safety alerts and guidance released in five jurisdictions.
Safe Work Australia has confirmed it will publish a guide - in lieu of a Code of Practice - on preventing workplace bullying, while the Federal Government says it will establish a Royal Commission into the disastrous home-insulation scheme, under which four young workers were killed.
Depression-related absences hidden from employers; Presumptive workers' comp laws pass in WA; Future of heavy vehicle safety laws determined tomorrow; and ABCC-restoration Bill introduced.
The South Australian Government says it will suspend three WHS Codes of Practice because builders believe they could push up the cost of houses, even though it ridiculed the Housing Industry Association (HIA) for making an identical claim just over a year ago.
