Posts tagged "occupational health and safety"

Queensland unicorn SafetyCulture has acquired SHEQSY, a cloud-based lone worker safety app for $6 million, bolstering its place as market leader in frontline technology for workers. 

A focus on wellbeing and overall health is an effective strategy for improved workplace education, which should also include emphasis on mental health initiatives and sleep quality.

Workers must take responsibility for their safety, but this can occur in an environment where reporting safety breaches is encouraged.

Thanks to the fallout of COVID-19, employee relations obligations have become a potential minefield. Here's how to ensure you're covered.

Industrial manslaughter laws introduced in Victoria last month mean people and organisations can face criminal charges over an employee's death.

Occupational health and safety has come to the forefront of Australian workplaces in 2020. Protecting both staff and customers from the spre…

Under the Work Health and Safety Act, employers have a duty of care to ensure employees operating remotely are in a safe environment.

Australian agriculture software startup Safe Ag Systems will be commercially trialled in the United Kingdom this month.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered a postal business to pay a former employee $8,062, ruling he was unfairly dismissed after sustaining an injury.

Two-thirds of Australians experience bullying, and workplaces can minimise its prevalence by addressing it as a health hazard, a new study reveals.

A South Australian mobile app designed to monitor the welfare of solo workers is moving into new industries and global markets.

The owner of a scrap metal business was found guilty of breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was fatally crushed by a metal bin.