How strengthening the psychological contract improves OHS
The psychological contract with employees plays a critical role in building strong safety cultures, according to an expert in health, safety and risk management business issues.
Sending staff to the Commonwealth games: a duty of care breach?
Sending a large Australian government employed delegation to the XIX Commonwealth Games, in the face of adverse security, safety and health risk assessments from credible sources, is potentially a breach of the duty of care, according to OHS legal experts.
Melbourne employer hit with $1.26m OHS compensation bill
A Melbourne employer has been hit with a huge compensation bill for more than $1 million after a workplace accident left an employee needing his foot amputated.
SA company and directors fined over conveyor injury
A South Australian brickworks establishment and its operators were recently fined more than $50,000 for a series of breaches of workplace safety laws following an incident in which an employee was trapped by a conveyor belt.
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