OHS: Interpretative guides on the new Work Health & Safety Act
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Archive for the 'OHS' Category
Focus: Workplace Relations
Friday, December 16th, 2011Allens Arthur Robinson In this issue: we look at work health and safety laws harmonisation; redeployment obligations in a redundancy; employer rights to determine where on-site union meetings are held; and whether asserting a right under an employment contract can ground an adverse action claim. Key issues in OHS harmonisation Reasonable to redeploy to lower [...]
Adverse action: acting to maintain safety = workplace right
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Coal Mining Safety and Health Act deficient – election process
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Qld Work Health and Safety transitional provisions
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Qld Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 have just been released
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National Work Health and Safety – Codes of Practice
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Supervisor receives suspended jail sentence for death of junior worker
Friday, November 4th, 2011Norton Rose Introduction The incident The offence of reckless endangerment The approach of the Court when sentencing Drilling company and managing director convicted and fined A further warning for employers, managers and supervisors The model Work Health and Safety Act includes high penalties for these offences Lessons for business Reproduced with permission of Norton Rose [...]
Drug & alcohol testing reasonable in the circumstances
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Model Work Health & Safety Regulations
Saturday, October 1st, 2011Safe Work Australia has released the final Model Work Health and Safety Regulations for comment by 16 December 2011. Brisbane Barrister – David Cormack