The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for urgent action to prevent workplace deaths.
01/02/2008
THE Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) claims 1.5 million Australians may be exposed to occupational carcinogens.
30/04/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for the national work safety laws to have tougher penalties, so as to deter potential breaches.
07/11/2008
THE Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has continued the fight to increase the duty of care imposed on employers in the harmonised national occupational health and safety laws.
08/08/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has made a final submission to governments on the draft of the proposed new national workplace health and safety laws.
11/11/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) says job fears and higher workloads have led to an epidemic of unpaid overtime.
19/11/2009
THE ACTU says the Federal Government should stop the Ceiling Insulation Stimulus Scheme until major improvements are made to its safety, training and licensing standards.
01/12/2009
THE Safe Work Australia Council (SWAC) says it will develop the national model OHS Act, after it was given approval at last week’s Workplace Relations Ministers Council meeting.
07/04/2009
THE ACTU says the Home Insulation Program should be halted until it can be demonstrated that tighter safety and training standards are in place to properly protect workers.
12/02/2010
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has blasted what it says is Australia’s poor record on workplace death and injury, pushing for a stricter duty of care to be imposed on employers.
21/07/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions says Australia is falling short of national OHS targets, proof that tougher harmonised laws are needed.
19/08/2009
UNIONS are pushing politicians to accept amendments to the Safe Work Bill to fast-track improvements to workplace health and safety laws.
09/12/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry has attempted to debunk the claims of the ACTU in demanding changes to the national OHS laws.
11/09/2009
THE SAFETY Conference will see unions and employers debating face to face over Australia’s new national occupational health and safety laws.
30/09/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) has released a new information sheet with updates on how Australia is performing in terms of reaching the occupational health and safety targets set out by the National OHS Strategy.
20/03/2009