Since the final report of Australia’s Review into Model OHS Law, discussion has been remarkably quiet. The ACTU was scheduled to meet for discussions on the report last Monday and no public statements have been made. Most of the labour law firms have been quiet also. It is fair to say that most are trying … Continue reading “Company directors and OHS obligations”
Ethics is gaining an increased level of attention in the safety profession in Australia but remains way behind other professions and the business community in general. The UK’s Ethical Corporation Institute has made available a “pubcast” with one of the authors of a report entitled “Best Practices for Designing Effective Ethics Programmes”. The report itself … Continue reading “Ethics & Safety”
Each year Australian recruiting company SafeSearch releases a remuneration survey. This year the report was released in late-February 2009. A media release from SafeSearch reports that “Almost all HSE Managers hold formal safety qualifications with 90% reaching Diploma level or higher.” In Victoria, in particular, there is a strong professional community generated from the Victorian … Continue reading “Safety Qualifications”
In early February 2009, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released a statistical report on eye injuries in Australia. There was a small chapter on eye injuries that occurred in workplaces. Seeing as how the readers of SafetyAtWorkBlog love statistical reports, some of the data is presented below. For further data, and graphs, it is … Continue reading “Eye injury statistics for workplaces”
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a report on the labour force effects of chronic illnesses. The report, Chronic disease and participation in work, shows that chronic diseases are associated with more days off work and/or being out of the workforce, and some of the biggest culprits are depression, arthritis and asthma. The … Continue reading “Chronic disease report”
At the end of March 2009, the Safety Institute of Australia (Victoria Division) is conducting its annual Safety In Action conference. In order to help promote the conference the SIA organised for several conference speakers to be filmed. The filming occurred in early-February 2009 and the short 10-minutevideos will be available at the Safety In … Continue reading “Upcoming OHS Videos”
Professor Michael Quinlan of the University of New South Wales believes that the influence of Australian trade unions in improving OHS conditions should not be underestimated or past achievements, forgotten. In talking with Kevin Jones in a recent podcast, Quinlan said that the persistent accusation of unions using OHS as an industrial relations tool … Continue reading “Union influence on OHS – interview with Professor Michael Quinlan”