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OHS:Subcontractors To Be Hit by Compensation Scheme Changes

May 17, 2013 By Brendan Torazzi Leave a Comment

Subcontractors are among those expected to lose access to the state's workers' compensation scheme under changes due to be introduced into Parliament this week. Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said the Government was moving to change the definition of a worker under the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act. "We've come up with a plan to do what they did at the federal level and have the definition of worker the same as the Australian Tax Office and PAYG definition," Mr Bleijie … [Read more...]

Construction Safety: Union Delivers List of Demands Follow Worker Death

May 15, 2013 By Brendan Torazzi Leave a Comment

THE CFMEU has delivered a list of demands to the employers of a Canadian backpacker killed in an accident on a Sydney construction site earlier this month. Mathieu Lopez-Linares, 22, suffered fatal head and chest injuries when he was hit by metal beams during the demolition of a building in Camperdown, in inner Sydney, on April 13. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union said Lopez-Linares was on a temporary working visa and was not paid any superannuation during the two weeks he … [Read more...]

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Unions to Submit Asbestos Report on Telstra Site

May 15, 2013 By Brendan Torazzi Leave a Comment

Workplace safety watchdog Comcare verified reports that it is looking into various issues at the Telstra pits. Federal Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, and companies heading the $37.4 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) out of Tasmania are poised to receive a report on asbestos issues related to the construction project . Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) official David Mier recalled that approximately 85 per-cent of contractors working in asbestos … [Read more...]

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OHS:Comcare Fronts Meditation Bill for Former Worker

May 13, 2013 By Brendan Torazzi Leave a Comment

The federal government workers' compensation fund has been ordered to pay for philosophy and mindfulness classes for a former Canberra public servant who has not worked for 14 years. Eleanor Rope was injured in a car crash in 1987 when she was a federal public servant. She had another fall at work and left on invalidity grounds in 1999. Mrs Rope has suffered chronic pain and depression and received taxpayer-funded compensation for medical care, including travel to Townsville to receive … [Read more...]

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Are you a bullying bystander?

May 12, 2013 By Brendan Torazzi Leave a Comment

Is bullying a bit like background noise in your organisation? Bullying can be like something you notice in the work place and just get used to and accept as part of the work environment. That is, of course, unless it is happening to you. For others it may be a bit like loud noise, some airborne pollutants – a bit irritating but not causing any immediate problem. Much less an immediate illness or injury, which is the way most health and safety risks present themselves to workers and … [Read more...]

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