Forklift safety can be enhanced through collaboration between workers and businesses. Forklifts are widely used in workplaces across Australia, but they are also responsible for numerous deaths and injuries each year, leading to significant financial and human costs. In February 2024, a Victorian company was fined $1.3M for Industrial Manslaughter resulting from a forklift-related death and so we wanted to highlight the importance of forklift safety.
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Worker fatigue can impact all businesses. Certain sectors or those utilising shift work are at higher risk. Fatigue is more than feeling tired & drowsy. It is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion that reduces a person’s ability to perform work safely & effectively. ? (more…)
A mentally healthy workplace is important, not only from a legal perspective, but based on the fact that both the worker and the business benefit as a result. If the workplace culture is good, people will want to be part of your business – subsequently attracting and retaining good staff, reduced absenteeism and increased productivity.
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The Australian news ensures we all know the government strategies previously successful to eliminate Covid-19 transmission in the community, is not working with the current Delta variant outbreak. The Government’s focus is consequently now firmly on vaccination rates. With some business mandating COVID vaccinations in the workplace what are the rights & obligations?
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Further to the NSW Premier’s announcement on the latest updates, construction will resume on the 31st of July, with safety measures put into place within the sites to reduce contact between workers. Safe Work will be performing many inspections and it is critical that employers implement the safety measures.
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Recent research and data on mental health in the workplace suggests that one in five Australians over the age of 16 will experience a mental illness at least once in their lifetime.
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