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Toll Group reveals six-step response to s-xual harassment complaint; Vigilance urged in Queensland after report points to high work death rate; and Major ACT inquiry prompted by construction deaths commences.
The Queensland Government has hinted, ahead of roundtable discussion with industry groups, that it will trust businesses to "do the right thing" on OHS under a less prescriptive WHS Act. It has also "streamlined" health and safety laws for the mining sector.
Company officers are obligated - under the model WHS Act - to monitor such "future trends" as the health risks associated with excessive mobile phone use, two OHS law experts say in an analysis of the Act's due diligence requirements.
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.
Western Australia is one step closer to adopting the harmonised work health and safety laws, with the Barnett Government today calling for comments on an issues paper that examines the "likely impact" of the model WHS Regulations and Codes on organisations and workers.
HR managers and others considered "officers" under the model WHS Act should be licensed, and undergo a yearly review or retraining, OHS law experts Professor Richard Johnstone and Michael Tooma say in a new book.
Workplace bullying victims and witnesses in Victoria are being encouraged - on the first anniversary of the introduction of Brodie's law - to "take a stand", while the federal inquiry on bullying has heard, in Perth and Adelaide, that the problem is rife among younger workers.
