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Construction company guilty of endangering worker
Queensland construction company TJS Constructions was fined $75,000, after a worker suffered a serious electrical shock on 25 November 2015. The company pleaded guilty for failing to operate in an...
Construction company guilty of endangering worker
Queensland construction company TJS Constructions was fined $75,000, after a worker suffered a serious electrical shock on 25 November 2015. The company pleaded guilty for failing to operate in an...

Safety awards recognise NSW safest workplaces
The top safest workplaces in NSW have been recognised for their outstanding commitment to health and safety at the recent 2017 SafeWork NSW awards ceremony. The awards recognise businesses and...
Safety awards recognise NSW safest workplaces
The top safest workplaces in NSW have been recognised for their outstanding commitment to health and safety at the recent 2017 SafeWork NSW awards ceremony. The awards recognise businesses and...

Saying sorry at work
I stopped saying ‘sorry’ at work — and here’s what happened As a kid, I always thought that if I apologised for an action, even one that wasn’t my fault,...
Saying sorry at work
I stopped saying ‘sorry’ at work — and here’s what happened As a kid, I always thought that if I apologised for an action, even one that wasn’t my fault,...

Minimum wage increase nothing new
There appears to be nothing new in the ACTU's calls for an increase in minimum wage says Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox. "An unsustainably large increase in minimum wages,...
Minimum wage increase nothing new
There appears to be nothing new in the ACTU's calls for an increase in minimum wage says Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox. "An unsustainably large increase in minimum wages,...

WHS strategy reaches half way mark
The Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012–2022 has reached its half way mark towards making a ‘healthy, safe productive working lives’ for Australian workers. Safework Australia says it was developed...
WHS strategy reaches half way mark
The Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012–2022 has reached its half way mark towards making a ‘healthy, safe productive working lives’ for Australian workers. Safework Australia says it was developed...

Black Dog Institute training managers to unders...
Researchers at the Black Dog Institute and UNSW Sydney recently conducted a study into the effects of a four-hour mental health-training program delivered to managers from Fire & Rescue NSW. This first of...
Black Dog Institute training managers to unders...
Researchers at the Black Dog Institute and UNSW Sydney recently conducted a study into the effects of a four-hour mental health-training program delivered to managers from Fire & Rescue NSW. This first of...