Posts tagged "ohs"

A Victorian boss and two related businesses have been fined a total of $290,000 in relation to sexual harassment in the workplace, marking the state's first conviction of its kind under workplace health and safety laws.

In Australia approximately 20% of the workforce, or nearly 2.5 million women, are estimated to be currently undergoing perimenopause or menopause.

Accurate forecasting has never been more critical, nor more difficult. Read on for five emerging trends that will shape HR in 2021.

WHS guidelines are being tested as employers move more of their employees to remote working arrangements to keep them safe.

From the US to Brazil, Britain, Germany and Australia, abattoirs have played a role in spreading COVID-19, and there are lessons to be learnt.

If you want to survive, let alone thrive in a post-pandemic world, it’s time to put your business continuity plan under the microscope.

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Wearable devices and proximity monitoring can assist businesses in complying with social distancing expectations.

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

Businesses can be liable for injury is supervisors don't understand appropriate standards of conduct in the workplace.

Victorian employers face large fines if their employees return to workplaces when they don't need to.

COSBOA's Peter Strong says workplace guidance around coronavirus will need to be simplified if businesses are expected to comply with new OH&S regulations.

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