Browsing: Workplace safety representatives


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2:16PM


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2:01PM

Dismissed HSR abused important WHS position

A commission full bench has upheld a finding that a health and safety representative was not entitled, under WHS laws, to be paid for attending the disciplinary meetings of a colleague, and his illegitimate attempt to claim this payment was an "abuse" of a "vitally important role".


WED
12:22PM

Safety Bill bans insurance against fines and expands duties to labour-hire workers

Employers will face fines of up to nearly $300,000 for entering into insurance contracts against workplace health and safety fines, under one of a series of safety amendments introduced in Victoria.


FRI
3:51PM

Workplace violence: a Q&A with WorkSafe's Nielsen

Many Australian workers believe acts of workplace violence are just "part of the job" and choose to "forget" incidents instead of reporting them, making the issue difficult to address, WorkSafe Victoria's safety boss tells OHS Alert.


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11:25AM

FRI
11:42AM

WHO's COVID guidance "downplays" work exposure risks

The World Health Organisation's workplace health and safety guidelines for COVID-19 are "unacceptably complacent" in parts and overlook evidence on workplace outbreaks, according to an occupational health academic, who fills in some of the "gaps".


FRI
12:47PM

TUE
11:19AM

Company, director get high-range fines for sacking HSR

A company director who falsely claimed a health and safety representative was a poor performer and sacked him, after the HSR complained to a safety regulator, denied other employees the important protections provided by the elected role, the Federal Court has found.


THU
3:56PM

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