Posts tagged "workplace health and safety"

Employers directly affected by the bushfires should consider standing down their employees before shutting down business completely, Fairwork Australia says.

A new art installation in the lobby of a new office building in North Sydney asks people to take a moment to clear their minds in a moment o…

Federal and state workplace health and safety laws say responsibility for a worker’s death lies with an employer, but these laws are rife with loopholes.

A crackdown on superannuation and changes to the Fair Work Act have been passed in the final sitting week for the year in Canberra.

The provision of paid domestic violence leave will make it easier for women to escape abusive situations, writes Anthony Albanese.

If the Fair Work Act explicitly outlawed sexual harassment, employers would have to take active steps to prevent and reduce the risk of sexual harassment.

In March 2018, the Fair Work Commission determined to introduce an entitlement to five days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave.

The Queensland District Court (QDC) has found a specialist butchery business was negligent in failing to separate two co-workers before a ph…

Depression is frightening and often hidden from those closest to us, sometimes even unrecognised by individuals themselves.

Perth-based mental health and safety startup Tap into Safety has completed its first ever “serious” capital raise, landing a $750,000 in…

Eighty-one percent of small Australian businesses are struggling to get a handle on their workplace safety obligations, according to researc…

A Sydney Water worker says she was not shown the final version a workplace safety campaign she had agreed to be involved with, and was humil…