UnionSafe News - November 2005
09 November 2005
Welcome to the 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:
- WorkChoices a Killer: Study
- Tunnel Safety No Accident
- Staff Told to Walk it Off
- Disabled Family Members Dudded
- Family Grieves Enterprise Worker
- Howard's Razor Taken to OHS
- Frequently Asked Questions
Safety Champs Take Title
UnionSafe award winners have scooped the pool at the WorkCover NSW Safe Work Awards. 9 November 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113150619922386.html
Bosses to Fund Wran Plan
A new NSW levy on mining companies is a big step towards bringing safety standards up to scratch, says the CFMEU. 9 November 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113150610222103.html
WorkChoices a Killer: Study
The Howard Government's industrial relations laws will leave people for dead, according to a major study commissioned by Unions NSW. 3 November 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113099751631062.html
Tunnel Safety No Accident
The "co-operative" approach to safety which ensured no workers were injured in the Lane Cove tunnel collapse is under threat by the Howard Government. 3 November 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113099758031258.html
Staff Told to Walk it Off
Centrelink staff are being given pedometers - devices used to count footsteps - to help them deal with flying colostomy bags, dead snakes and fire bombs. 27 October 2005.
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113038479816355.html
Deregulation Kills
Safety law deregulation - such as that which the Howard Government is proposing - leads to more workplace injury and deaths, according to a British report. 27 October 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113038450415575.html
Disabled Family Members Dudded
A disabled woman whose husband died because of asbestos exposure has been stripped of $165,000 awarded to take care of her. 27 October 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113038494916944.html
Family Grieves Enterprise Worker
Craig McLeod was John Howard's "enterprise" worker. The experienced tradesman negotiated his own contract but, within months, it had cost him $17,000 and his life. 24 October 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113012444621858.html
John Holland Rolled
A CFMEU safety representative is back at work after the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission demanded he be re-instated. 24 October 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/113012495423773.html
Cyber Safety Now at Hand
Finding out about health and safety at work has just become easier, with new laws taking effect which stop bosses snooping on their employees' internet and email use. 13 October 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/112917180823597.html
Howard's Razor Taken to OHS
Workplace safety has been added to John Howard's Senate majority hit list, following the announcement of a business-led taskforce to cut regulations. 13 October 2005
READ MORE AT http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/112917139221768.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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