Australia ‘has worst bullying rates’
A Safe Work Australia (SWA) report has found levels of bullying in Australian workplaces are substantially higher than international rates. SWA’s Australian workplace barometer (AWB) project included...
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The Australian Industry Group has opposed the expansion of “adversarial” anti-discrimination law to deal with workplace bullying, arguing it was an occupational health and safety issue. AiG industrial...
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‘Apathy‘ as OHS stakeholders fear concerns may go unheeded: lawyer
The Fed Govt’s tight timeline for public comment on the draft model OHS laws is leading to a level of “apathy” and “apprehension” in some OHS quarters, says Deacons WR and OHS partner Michael Tooma. He...
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OHS Harmonisation Series
Last week, the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council (WRMC) agreed to a landmark framework for uniform Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) laws in Australia. The new laws will apply to all Australian...
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Gillard has another crack at getting Safe Work Australia Bill through
Deputy PM & WR Minister Julia Gillard has been forced to reintroduce the Safe Work Australia Bill to parliament, despite the Senate having knocked it back three times in its current form. Gillard...
View ArticleGovernment caves on Safe Work Australia Bill
The “unlikely alliance” of Coalition, Greens and Independent Senators, who have joined forces with ACCI and the ACTU to push for the Safe Work Aust Bill to be amended, were given an early Christmas...
View ArticleStalemate for Safe Work Australia Bill
The future of the Safe Work Aust Bill was seriously in doubt on press day after Dep PM & WR Minister Julia Gillard sent it back to the Senate on Nov 11, insisting it be passed in its original form....
View ArticleHarmonised OHS hitting the skids?
The Fed Govt has warned it would “not further proceed” with the Safe Work Aust Bill if the Oppn continued with its “folly” of supporting Senate amendments to it. “The govt says that these amendments...
View ArticleGovt to veto changes to SWA bill
The Senate yesterday (Oct 14) passed the Safe Work Aust Bill 2008 with amendments but the govt has foreshadowed the changes, including those on worker and employer representation, would be knocked...
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