ACTU says protest meetings in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday were pushing for stronger workplace health and safety laws to reduce numbers of inured or killed workers.
29/10/2009
THE TUSSLE between unions and businesses regarding the nationalised OHS laws continues, with the ACTU launching new advertisements for its cause.
16/09/2009
GREENS MP and industrial relations spokesperson Lee Rhiannon says the drop in NSW workplace injuries shows the state does not need the national OHS laws.
17/07/2009
THE ACTU has launched its ‘Don’t Risk Second Rate Safety’ campaign, pushing for tougher national health and safety laws.
11/05/2009
THE ACTU says thousands of workers turned up at rallies and events in the major cities of Australia to push for stronger national health and safety laws.
02/09/2009
DEACONS law firm OHS legal expert Michael Tooma warns the draft OHS laws could see homeowners held liable for exposing a tradesperson to risk on their property.
09/10/2009
SAFE Work Australia Council Chair, Tom Phillips, has opened the public comment period on the new model occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation.
28/09/2009
THE ACTU says recent statistics which show a rise in 2008-09 work-related deaths means the new national workplace health and safety laws need to focus on the welfare of employees.
15/12/2009
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
SAFE Work Australia says the public will be able to comment on the model occupational health and safety legislation in September 2009.
13/08/2009
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 VICTORIAN Trades Hall Council has called on the Victorian government to reject part of the recommendations for the new National Model Laws, claiming they would reduce the rights of workers.
03/04/2009
THE WESTERN Australia Government says it supports the principle model OHS harmonisation laws but will keep its own settings in some areas.
15/12/2009
THE CANBERRA State Government has introduced the Work Safety Bill 2008 in the ACT Legislative Assembly in an effort to ensure the safety of workers.
20/08/2008
SAFEWORK SA is inviting employers, employees, contractors and the self-employed to information sessions on the proposed national workplace safety legislation.
06/10/2009
SPEAKERS at the Queensland Safety Conference will talk about the impact of national OHS laws, as well as swine flu and other hot topics.
05/06/2009
QUEENSLAND saw new laws enabling the use of Provisional Improvement Notices on 1 May 2009.
06/05/2009
SAFEWORK SA says a printing business has been convicted and fined in the South Australia Industrial Relations Court after pleading guilty to its fifth breach of workplace safety laws.
03/11/2009
NATIONAL OHS laws will become a reality, following the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council’s (WRMC) decision to endorse the model Work Health and Safety Act.
14/12/2009
NT WORKSAFE is conducting a number of information sessions on the harmonisation of OHS laws.
12/10/2009