We had a great turn out today (16/4/2019) at the Central Coast Safety Group meeting at Somersby John Rodney from K&L Gates provided us with a 5- minute legal update.… read more →
Employer Lookup This new tool will make things simpler for employers, particularly businesses in industries who may have previously experienced delays in getting workers on site because they don’t have… read more →
To save one man $5,000 another man lost his life. A Brisbane director has been sentenced to one year in jail, and fined $1 million, in a Queensland-first Workplace Health… read more →
The Victorian Government is pushing to adopt one of the strictest workplace standards in the world to prevent silicosis. Silicosis is a potentially fatal and irreversible lung disease caused by… read more →
Two workers at a Canberra massage parlour have won almost $40,000 in compensation after the Fair Work Commission found they were unfairly dismissed in 2015. As well as the main… read more →
The fire extinguishers failed, the crew had to call for help on mobile phones because they had no training on the radios and firefighting breathing apparatus could not be recharged… read more →
Sydney building owners have been warned to guard against legionnaires disease outbreaks by checking their water cooling towers, after four people contracted the condition. The four individuals contracted the legionnaires… read more →
A review into NT WorkSafe has recommended industrial manslaughter laws be introduced to prosecute those responsible for workplace deaths. The review, by consultant Tim Lyons, put forward 27 recommendations. He… read more →
An audit of Queensland’s manufacturing stone industry has revealed 98 workers have contracted the potentially deadly lung disease silicosis — 15 of those terminal — with more than 550 workplace… read more →
Two men are on trial for involuntary manslaughter over a New South Wales bus crash that killed one of their fathers. Graham Lees, 58, died when he lost control of… read more →