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Resilience Training: Is Your Boss Copping Out on Burnout?

Knowledge@Australian School of Business — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:23:41 +1000

Resilience training is on the rise as bosses, under organisational pressure to do more with fewer resources, try to address the increasing stress levels of their employees. New workplace health ...

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Business supports national harmonisation and consistency to achieve practical outcomes

Big 3 For Business — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:27:01 +1000

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) has taken the opportunity this week to provide feedback to Safe Work Australia on the draft Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy ...

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Business supports national harmonisation and consistency to achieve practical outcomes

Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:27:01 +1000

New Workplace Health and Safety Laws – are you compliant?

Dynamic Business — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:07:33 +1000

Important new Workplace Health and Safety Laws commenced around Australia on 1 January 2012, and now almost six months on, businesses should take another look at the legislation and ensure ...

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Inquest ordered into teacher's death

News.com.au QLD — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000

A CORONER'S inquest has been ordered into the death of former Burpengary State School deputy principal Gavin Woods following the completion of a workplace, health and safety investigation.

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JULIA HOLTER – Ekstasis

Rave Magazine — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:21:03 +1000

(Spunk/Co-op) Prolific Californian ventures to the edge of known universe Ekstasis – the second record in six months from Californian songstress Julia Holter – should come with a workplace health ...

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Seven ways to improve upstream OHS

OHS Alert — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:48:12 +1000

An OHS researcher with more than 30 years' experience has explained why upstream duty holders often get it wrong when it comes to workplace health and safety, and what they ...

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COAG: the theatre and the reality

The Conversation - politics & society — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:48:41 +1000

The rituals before a Council of Australian Governments meeting tend to outweigh the substance and outcomes from the meeting. By playing the parochial card before the meeting, state premiers sell ...

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Shocking experiment demonstrates influence of unsafe supervisors

OHS Alert — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:19:30 +1000

A novel WorkSafe Victoria experiment - inspired by a famous 1960s study on World War II - has highlighted the detrimental effect productivity-obsessed supervisors can have on workplace health and ...

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US workers get the nod ... but what does this mean for the local workforce?

The Conversation - business & economy — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:36:43 +1000

The Federal Government recently announced that it would use the 457 visa skilled migration program to fast-track the number of skilled workers applying from the United States. In defending this ...

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New Tooma OHS book augurs well for the rest of the series on due diligence

SafetyAtWorkBlog — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:21:29 +1000

Tooma is a leading figure in Australia’s analysis and application of occupational health and safety (OHS) laws. He has also been a regular author for publisher CCH. His latest book ...

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High Court makes landmark WHS ruling on injury to contractors’ workers

Human Capital Magazine — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +1000

The chain of responsibility has long been a central tenet of workplace health and safety law, and a landmark High Court ruling has now further clarified the circumstances under which ...

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How safe is your work? Workcover awards coming up

Franchising — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +1000

Businesses across New South Wales are invited to showcase their safety achievements by entering the 2012 WorkCover NSW SafeWork Awards. The annual awards, now in their ninth year, reward and ...

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To What Extent is Safety a Behaviour or a Process: Mining IQ Industry Discussion

Mining IQ — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +1000

To What Extent is Safety a Behaviour or a Process: Mining IQ Industry Discussion Mining IQ recently started a discussion on LinkedIn about workplace health and safety and challenged the ...

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What's causing directors' biggest headaches?

Leading Company — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:36:01 +1000

Company directors are feeling better – a smidgeon better – according to the findings of a survey published today. The overall sentiment is pessimistic – it’s just not as pessimistic ...

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Successful campaign for equal pay for community workers is recognised at annual union awards

ACTU — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +1000

The Australian Services Union’s long and ultimately successful fight for equal pay for women in the social and community sector has been recognised with two awards from the ACTU. The ...

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Senate Speech - Road Safety Remuneration Bill - March 2012

Barnaby Joyce — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +1000

Senator JOYCE (Queensland—Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (20:59): No-one disputes the issues of road safety. They are at the forefront of everybody's mind. The issue of truck drivers ...

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New mining safety guide

Australian Mining — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:18:02 +1000

The 2012 edition of the Mining Industry Guide to Workplace Safety has now been released, with this year’s resource focusing on workplace health and safety regulations.

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Unacceptable cost of workplace injuries and diseases is sapping 5% from economic growth

ACTU — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +1000

It is workers, not employers, who overwhelmingly bear the costs of workplace injuries and diseases, a new report has shown. The report by Safe Work Australia revealed that three-quarters of ...

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Cairns woman trapped under 800kg of catalogues

Cairns Post — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:42:02 +1000

A WORKPLACE Health and Safety investigation has been launched into an industrial accident that trapped a woman's arm under an 800kg load of catalogues at Earlville yesterday.

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Are foreign workers really the answer to the resources skills shortage?

The Conversation - Environment & Energy — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:11:56 +1000

Within the much publicised debate of labour shortages in the resources sector, there is now a concerted push to open up employment to larger numbers of skilled foreign workers. Large ...

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Why do employment relationships fail?

Queensland Business Law Today — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:49:05 +1000

When drafting employment agreements, I often get asked how to avoid a breakdown in employment relationships between the employer and employee. I usually suggest that employment relationships fail for...

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Abbott’s amazing amnesia on insulation inquiry

The Political Sword — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:50:00 +1000

Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, developed an amazing amnesia about the repeated Opposition calls for a Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program (HIP). Just 53 days after the call ...

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Surf Lifesavers limit use of beach wheelchairs for the disabled

ABC Local — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:10:00 +1000

Surf Lifesaving Australia says it needs to clear up insurance and workplace health and safety issues before beach wheelchairs can be officially sanctioned.

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Banning legal supplements an option under mine safety laws

OHS Alert — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:39:36 +1000

Mining employers have a range of options - under their fatigue and drug-testing policies - for improving workplace health and safety, including banning otherwise legal substances, the Queensland...

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