OHS News

OHS and WHS: Brazil bans the use of asbestos

The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has welcomed the news the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court has banned the use of asbestos in Brazil with the court saying there are no...

OHS and WHS: Brazil bans the use of asbestos

The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has welcomed the news the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court has banned the use of asbestos in Brazil with the court saying there are no...

OHS and WHS: new research into why suicide rate...

Suicide rates have steadily increased in Australia over the last 10 years but new studies are providing valuable information. Associate Professor Judy Proudfoot, a mental health researcher at the Black Dog...

OHS and WHS: new research into why suicide rate...

Suicide rates have steadily increased in Australia over the last 10 years but new studies are providing valuable information. Associate Professor Judy Proudfoot, a mental health researcher at the Black Dog...

OHS and WHS: taking a mental health day

Support for ‘taking a mental health day’, may get questioned as to whether it’s a legitimate reason for time off, but new research has found allowing workers to refresh and...

OHS and WHS: taking a mental health day

Support for ‘taking a mental health day’, may get questioned as to whether it’s a legitimate reason for time off, but new research has found allowing workers to refresh and...

OHS and WHS: Ai Group asks Senators to think of...

Ai Group chief executive office Innes Willox has slammed the opposition’s amendments to the Fair Work Amendment Bill. “It is vital that the Senate decisively reject the Labor Opposition's amendments...

OHS and WHS: Ai Group asks Senators to think of...

Ai Group chief executive office Innes Willox has slammed the opposition’s amendments to the Fair Work Amendment Bill. “It is vital that the Senate decisively reject the Labor Opposition's amendments...

WHS and OHS: It’s not just women at the top who...

Debate around gender pay gap often gravitates towards the higher-wage end of the labour market but it misses the employees at the other end of the pay spectrum – those...

WHS and OHS: It’s not just women at the top who...

Debate around gender pay gap often gravitates towards the higher-wage end of the labour market but it misses the employees at the other end of the pay spectrum – those...

VicRoads found guilty of OHS and WHS breach

VicRoads and roadwork’s firm Downer EDI have been convicted and fined a total of $1.55 million over the 2011 death of a traffic controller. VicRoads pleaded guilty to one breach...

VicRoads found guilty of OHS and WHS breach

VicRoads and roadwork’s firm Downer EDI have been convicted and fined a total of $1.55 million over the 2011 death of a traffic controller. VicRoads pleaded guilty to one breach...