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  Implementing effective COVID-19 outbreak management plans

  The interruption and dislocation caused by COVID-19 late last year has skyrocketed to unexpected levels, making it critical that outbreak management plans are in place and operating effectively at your…
  Jan 17, 2022

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  2020–2021 work health and safety statistics

  NT WorkSafe has released key work health and safety statistics for the territory for 2020–2021. Overall, in 2020–2021 there were: 2,392 workers’ compensation claims made; 7,612 total lost time in…
  Dec 22, 2021

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  Safety around your vehicle

  SafeWork NSW’s Safety Around Your Vehicle Compliance Project promotes safer working practices when loading, unloading and working around vehicles. Stage 2 of the project is now underway and will run…
  Dec 22, 2021

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  Young workers safety strategy

  WorkSafe ACT has developed the Young Workers Strategy 2021–2023, to reduce the risks to young workers from inexperience, inadequate training and supervision, and being unaware of their work health and…
  Dec 21, 2021

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  Let’s put 2021 safely behind us

  WorkSafe Victoria is reminding businesses not to neglect health and safety in the lead up to Christmas with the campaign ‘Let’s Put 2021 Safely Behind Us’. The safety campaign is…
  Dec 20, 2021

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  The lessons in a COVID Christmas

  It seems that COVID-19 has delivered us yet another unwelcome surprise as we farewell 2021. As end-of-year functions get cancelled and workplaces look to minimise the dislocation from the rising…
  Dec 20, 2021

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  How to minimise risk and maximise potential in older workers

  Recent research has shown that older workers may be more resilient to burnout, but employers need to ensure they are conscious of the risks to older workers when planning their…
  Dec 13, 2021

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  Failure to manage trench work risks results in two fatalities

  The Victorian County Court has reinforced, through a significant penalty, the importance of businesses operating in high-risk environments to ensure engineering controls are implemented when required. Last month, in DPP…
  Dec 06, 2021

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  Testing the validity of an improvement notice

  In all jurisdictions in Australia, safety inspectors can only issue an improvement notice – requiring a person to take positive steps to address an identified breach – if the inspector…
  Nov 28, 2021

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  Fair Work Commission: Stopping workplace sexual harassment

  Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace, a significant health and safety risk, has become easier from 11 November, with the Fair Work Commission (FWC) being granted the power to issue…
  Nov 21, 2021