SafetyAtWorkBlog
Blog URL http://safetyatworkblog.wordpress.com
Located Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags safety, workplace, health, occupational, risk, management, podcast, business, worker
News and comment about workplace safety issues
Latest Blog Posts
- Crushed finger leads to claim and Court on Nov 20, 2009 in OHS WorkSafe business construction government human resources industrial relations insurance law rehabilitation safety workers compensation workplace
Regularly in OHS submissions to the government and on OHS discussion forums, safety professionals state that industrial relations should be kept separate from workplace safety issues. In a perfect world ? Possibly, but there was a court decision...
- Annual holidays get a TV makeover on Nov 19, 2009 in Duty of Care OHS absenteeism business continuity health human resources leave media presenteeism psychiatric safety wellness
Regardless of concerns over the veracity of data, Tourism Australia’s “No Leave, No Life” campaign is continuing to develop its media presence. The Seven Network announced this week that “No Leave, No Life” will form the...
- Unpaid overtime is the new danger money on Nov 19, 2009 in OHS community culture fatigue health hours of work leave politics psychiatric research safety shiftwork union wellness
In Australia there is increasing pressure to work more hours than what one is paid for. Many different organisations use this fact to push for various improved benefits, in many circumstances the statistics are used in support of wage improvements.
- Work-related suicides in Europe on Nov 19, 2009 in OHS Uncategorized death depression government psychiatric research safety stress suicide workplace
The Irish Times has reported on a speech made by Dr Jukka Takala, Director of EU-OSHA, in Spain in November 2009. “[Dr Takala] said since the publication of a recent study showing a very high level of work-related suicides by French Telecom wor...
- Tasmania’s workers compensation changes pass on Nov 19, 2009 in OHS business government law politics research union workers compensation
It is easy to forget that workers compensation is clicking along during this intense period of analysis of OHS laws. Workers compensation legislation passed through Tasmania’s House of Assembly this week (it still needs to get through the...
- Managing stress the Wall Street Journal way on Nov 19, 2009 in OHS business health hours of work human resources psychiatric safety stress workplace
When a financial newspaper or website posts an article about workplace safety, it is worth reading. The fact of such an article does not mean, though, that safety management is the focus of the story. A 17 November 2009 article in the Wall Street J...
- Flawed basis for OHS decision-making on Nov 18, 2009 in Corporate responsibility OHS business government law safety statistics workers compensation
Most strategic plans made by OHS regulators in Australia are based on workers’ compensation statistics. Everyone agrees that this is a huge underestimation of the work-related injury and illness rates but no one yet has tackled this informat...
