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Workplace compliance in South Australia

Compliance checks in South Australia

The Fair Work Ombudsman has began auditing around 200 businesses in and around Mt Gambier, Renmark and Murray Bridge in South Australia as part of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s latest education and compliance campaign.  Fair...

Compliance checks in South Australia

The Fair Work Ombudsman has began auditing around 200 businesses in and around Mt Gambier, Renmark and Murray Bridge in South Australia as part of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s latest education and compliance campaign.  Fair...

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Warehouse safety

Supermarket giant in breach of safety laws

Woolworths have been ordered to pay a former picker $231,211.45 after an appeal judge found the demands Woolworths placed on its distribution centre workers was in breach of safety laws...

Supermarket giant in breach of safety laws

Woolworths have been ordered to pay a former picker $231,211.45 after an appeal judge found the demands Woolworths placed on its distribution centre workers was in breach of safety laws...

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Construction contracts

Now that the Building Code 2016 has been confir...

"The Australian Industry Group welcomes Parliament's rejection of Labor's disallowance motion for the Code for the Tendering and Performance of Building Work 2016 (Building Code 2016). The Code is playing a vital...

Now that the Building Code 2016 has been confir...

"The Australian Industry Group welcomes Parliament's rejection of Labor's disallowance motion for the Code for the Tendering and Performance of Building Work 2016 (Building Code 2016). The Code is playing a vital...

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Building mentally healthy workplaces

WorkCover Queensland and the Office of Industrial Relations have announced on August 7, 2017, a joint collaboration with SuperFriend Mental Health Promotion Foundation to improve corporate leadership advocacy for mentally...

Building mentally healthy workplaces

WorkCover Queensland and the Office of Industrial Relations have announced on August 7, 2017, a joint collaboration with SuperFriend Mental Health Promotion Foundation to improve corporate leadership advocacy for mentally...

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Crane safety

Tower crane collapse in Sydney “not good enough”

The CFMEU have called the recent collapse of a tower crane at Wolli Creek in Sydney earlier this week, August 6 2017, “not good enough.”  Up to 200 people were...

Tower crane collapse in Sydney “not good enough”

The CFMEU have called the recent collapse of a tower crane at Wolli Creek in Sydney earlier this week, August 6 2017, “not good enough.”  Up to 200 people were...

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Compliance priorities for safer mining

The NSW Resource Regulator announced on August 2, 2017, its compliance monitoring priorities alongside a new series of compliance workshops for the rest of 2017, including the mining sectors selected...

Compliance priorities for safer mining

The NSW Resource Regulator announced on August 2, 2017, its compliance monitoring priorities alongside a new series of compliance workshops for the rest of 2017, including the mining sectors selected...

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