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OHS:Two Companies Fined $140,000 For 2 Deaths

May 15, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

A pair of companies have been fined an aggregate amount of $140,000 for the deaths of two workers at a Broome depot in 2008. Baker Hughes Australia Ltd and Oilfields Transport Services Pty Ltd appeared in the Magistrates Court for the charge of failing to provide and maintain a safe work setting which resulted in the deaths of two workers. BH was fined $80,000 while OT received a fine of $60,000 when both companies pleaded guilty Leon Mobbs, a tanker operator, and Geoff Lucas, manager … [Read more...]

Human Resources: Teachers Bullied in NSW

May 13, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

95% of Australian educators have experienced at least one of 42 "bullying behaviours", say researchers. Personal confrontation and professional destabilization are most common, commonly resulting in deterioration of not only mental health, but also physical well-being.Dan Riley, Deirdre Duncan and John Edwards surveyed 2529 school educators, 83% female and 27% male. The researchers discovered that 81% had experienced bullying from parents, and a staggering 79% named colleagues and … [Read more...]

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Human Resources: Tribunal Awards Compensation to Nurse

May 13, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) have made a decision in favour of a nurse who was up against the state’s health department. They awarded the nurse over $20,000 in compensation for her claims of discrimination. The panel found that the nurse was treated unjustly because of her inability to work night shifts due to her medical condition. The tribunal decided that it was unnecessary for nurses to be available ever hour of the day, 7-days a week. The Queensland Nurses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: OHS Training Tagged With: Discrimination in Workplace, HR training, human resources, human resources training

Supermarket’s Hit Back At Unsubstantiated Claims

May 11, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

The Chairman of Woolworths has defended the company’s reputation for using trucks to move goods throughout the country. The Transport Workers Union alleges that Woolworths has an unreasonable delivery schedule that transport companies struggle to live up to. The schedules being imposed are allegedly resulting in reckless driving and road deaths, according to the union. The union held a protest at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets throughout the country.Coles spokesperson stated that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: OHS Training Tagged With: occupational health and safety, Occupational health and safety training, ohs, ohs training

Working At Heights: Company fined for 2.7 metre Fall

May 9, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

A company was fined for an incident which resulted in a worker sustaining skull and spinal fractures when he fell almost 3 metres onto a concrete slab. Access Matrix Scaffolding was fined $22,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court for failing to provide a safe work environment which resulted in an injured worker. The company supplies and builds scaffolding, and the incident in question occurred when a void in a floor was left unfinished and covered with particleboard. A worker … [Read more...]

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