Uniform safety laws are designed to maintain Australia's good OHS record.
WorkSafe has issued a plea to employers and workers to maximise anti-bullying efforts and to deal with it if it occurs.
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has welcomed last week's decisions by the High Court in the case of Kirk v IRC of NSW and WorkCover.
OME members of the OHS community appear to be confused regarding compliance of prescription eye protection products with AS/NZs1337.6, 2007.
The Safe Work Australia Members met December 9th for the second time since becoming an independent statutory body on 1 November 2009.
Unions and employers will clash over Australia's new occupational health and safety (OHS) laws at The Safety Conference later this month but increasingly, regulators, rather than the law itself, are in the hot seat.
Making Australia's workplace safety laws consistent across states is well worth the effort.
DURING the past decade, business and government interest in employee safety has jumped several notches, making OHS an essential concern for any organisation.
THE slow and ongoing progress towards national harmonsation of OHS law across Australia's nine jurisdictions highlights just how complex OHS law compliance is for employers in Australia.
BlueScope Steel took out the Safety Scheme of the Year Award with Toyota Australia highly commended.