UnionSafe News – June 2005
30 June 2005
Welcome to the June UnionSafe bulletin, keeping you informed about the hottest additions to your occupational health and safety website.
Links are also available from the website version of this bulletin. In this bulletin:
- Injured workers short-changed
- Truck Companies Face Road Death Law
- Decapitation Witness Dudded
- BHP Gets Decision to Die For
- Patrick Fails to Hide Asbestos
- AWAs Go - So Do Long Hours
- Backyard Funerals Targeted
- Frequently Asked Questions
Injured workers short-changed
Injured worker Sonia Fadlallah must somehow raise her family on $48 per week because the Workers Compensation Commission believes she should be back at work. 24 June 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/111958180214469.html
Truck Companies Face Road Death Law
Large companies using trucking services will not be able to set unreasonable deadlines on drivers in a bid to stem the seventy deaths on NSW roads each year in the industry. 16 June 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/111888551830219.html
Killer Bosses on Notice
NSW courts have the power to lock-up killer bosses under workplace death legislation that passed through state parliament, this week. 15 June 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/11187914289083.html
RailCorp Shocker
Allowing labourers to perform electrical work on Sydney's train lines threatens the safety of the public and workers, according to rail workers. 15 June 2005.
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Decapitation Witness Dudded
A construction worker who saw his supervisor decapitated, and suffered serious back injuries, is unable to claim damages under NSW Workers Comp rules. 25 May 2005.
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/111700445014293.html
BHP Gets Decision to Die For
Australia's biggest company is trying to deny South Australian asbestos sufferers access to the Dust Diseases Tribunal. 25 May 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/111700451614497.html
Patrick Fails to Hide Asbestos
Patrick Stevedores tried to use John Howard's new industrial laws to block inspection of a Port Botany site subsequently found to be riddled with asbestos. 18 May 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/11163804936483.html
Giant Collapses on Ankle
CFMEU picketers have shamed insurance giant QBE into forking out for a 57-year-old woman's ankle operation. 18 May 2005.
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/11163804006332.html
AWAs Go - So Do Long Hours
Storeman at a Sydney firm have scored a shorter working week for the same pay after tearing up their individual contracts and demanding the right to strike a collective agreement. 28 April 2005.
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/111465974030368.html
Backyard Funerals Targeted
Backyard undertakers who keep bodies in kitchen fridges and provide no washing facilities for workers handling corpses should be targeted in an upcoming industry review, according to the Funeral Union of Australia. 28 April 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/111465960030070.html
Frequently Asked Questions - What do employers in the hairdressing industry need to do to comply with OHS laws and how much is really known about SARS? These and so many more answers are provided on the fastest growing section of this website at http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/faqs/
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