At last week’s Comcare conference there was considerable discussion about leadership and social capital. Coincidentally, Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower is running a Human Capital Summit this week. The summit program indicates how these two concepts are dominating human resources and, through osmosis, other management streams such as OHS. Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s Prime Minister provided the opening address on 29 September 2009. In the speech [...]
All posts for the month September, 2009
Singapore’s Prime Minister speaks about business leadership
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 30, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/30/singapores-prime-minister-speaks-about-business-leadership/
Australian lawyer interviewed on OHS laws
Ric Morgan, a Senior Associate at Allens Arthur Robinson, was interviewed recently by Boardroom Radio on the new OHS model legislation. Each lawyer seems to emphasise a different combination of features in the new proposed laws. Morgan anticipates that minimal changes will be made to the draft law. The interview is well worth listening to for a slightly different perspective on [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 30, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/30/australian-lawyer-interviewed-on-ohs-laws/
Comcare’s RTW performance has some worrying trends
RTWMatters, an Australian return-to-work website, has analysed some of the data that has been released through the annual data – Aust & NZ RTW Monitor. The statistics show that the Australian Government’s workers’ compensation insurer, Comcare, has performed well on some performance indicators but others are raising concerns, particularly “The cost of claims has risen [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 30, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/30/comcares-rtw-performance-has-some-worrying-trends/
23rd suicide at France Telecome in 18 months
Adam Sage has been following the suicides that have occurred in France Telecome for some time. On 23 September 2009 in the TimesOnline (a week later in The Australian newspaper??), Sage provides a useful summary and cogitation on the “cluster”. But although this number of suicides in one company should be alarming, it is not [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 29, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/29/23rd-suicide-at-french-telecome-in-18-months/
Deacons are first with harmonised OHS law comments
Michael Tooma, of the Australian law firm Deacons, is often the first labour lawyer to comment on Australia OHS Law matters and this week was no different. While many of us are continuing to digest the draft OHS Act, Tooma has identified several issues of interest. Some are discussed below. [Tooma's full legal update is available HERE] [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 29, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/29/deacons-are-first-with-harmonised-ohs-law-comments/
Increasing risk of silicosis in the majority world
Australian safety expert and activist Melody Kemp reported from the annual meeting of the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV) that was held in late September 2009 in Phnom Penh. The meeting featured many stories about the increasing risk of silicosis in Asia. Melody writes in the 27 September edition of the blog [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 28, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/28/increasing-risk-of-silicosis-in-the-majority-world/
Harmonisation documents available but path is far from settled
On 25 September 2009, Australia’s Workplace Relations Ministers Council (WRMC) agreed to release the draft legislation for public comment. According to one media report, the New South Wales Finance Minister, Joe Tripodi, “…moved at the [WRMC] meeting to have union prosecutions included in the new laws and was defeated by eight votes to one.” The documents are now available for download HERE. [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 28, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/28/harmonisation-documents-available-but-path-is-far-from-settled/
Buswell sniffs union conspiracies
Troy Buswell, the Western Australia minister responsible for OHS, has dug in his heels in over opposition to the Federal Government’s move for harmonised OHS legislation. Ahead of the Workplace Relations Minister’s meeting on 25 September 2009, Buswell has reiterated his government’s opposition to changes to OHS law. He argues that the OHS changes are [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 23, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/23/buswell-sniffs-union-conspiracies/
Safety Institute gets a seat at the OHSAC table
SafetyAtWorkBlog has been informed that the current CEO of the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA), Gary Lawson-Smith, has accepted an invitation to join the WorkSafe Victoria’s OHS Advisory Committee (OHSAC), as a representative of the SIA. This is a terrific win for the SIA as it adds a degree of legitimacy to the organisation’s developing [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 23, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/23/safety-institute-gets-a-seat-at-the-ohsac-table/
Leadership, MBAs and Community
The G20 summit in Pittsburgh, United States, this week will include a lot of analysis of the global financial crisis and various stimulus packages. Some, such as Professor Henry Mintzberg, have pointed the finger at business courses, such as the Master of Business Administration, that have encouraged personal greed. Some in the executive industry describe (rationalise?) this [...]
Posted by Kevin Jones on September 21, 2009
http://safetyatworkblog.com/2009/09/21/leadership-mbas-and-community/
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