Savvy Australian SMEs are sourcing products or components from overseas manufacturers to save costs. Use our checklist to better manage risks as an importer and protect your business.
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Arborists’ work rates as one of the highest safety risks of Australian businesses. Use our checklist to revise and refresh your approach to safety and risk management.
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Australia has more than 450,000 fire hotspots, four bushfire rating levels, and five fire danger seasons. Find out where your business premises is in each of them & how to prepare for resilience.
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Small businesses have responsibilities to ensure workplace safety, but it can be confusing knowing what to do. Here’s how to identify hazards & develop systems to improve your risk management.
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When planning a work Christmas party, here’s how your business can minimise and monitor the risks before, during and after the event. These measures will help reduce your liabilities.
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Australia’s construction sector is under pressure from many fronts, and with the third sequential La Nina weather pattern, the business will get even more stormy. Here are three tips for managing your risks.
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Are you sure you’re up to date on your responsibilities as an employer to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus in your workplace? In this, the third year of living with the pandemic, beware of what the World Health Organisation calls the ‘infodemic’ – an overwhelm of false and misleading information.
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Read MoreThe increase to base rates of pay has not yet been announced by the Fair Work Commission. The change only applies to employees whose pay rates come from the national minimum wage, a modern award (of which there are more than 100) or in some cases a registered agreement. The Fair Work Ombudsman will update their pay tools with the new pay rates on 1 July 2022. Rates of pay can be viewed via the Award Pay Guides or by using the Fair Work PACT Calculator.
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With these comprehensive tips, manufacturing businesses can minimise the dangers, hazards, and risks in their operations. Also, consider employer liability insurance to manage your risk profile.
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A company’s reliance on an expert employee to manage machine hazards created a "trap for inexperienced workers". A court fines it with $147,000 over an amputation incident and breach.
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The results of a Curtin University study provide a timely reminder of another crucial measure for controlling the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases – hand hygiene – and should inform workplace health strategies.
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Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker said businesses that fail to act on Compliance Notices face significant court-imposed penalties in addition to having to back-pay any underpaid staff.
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At our current rate, Australia will take 11 more months to administer 45 million doses of COVID vaccines. In the meantime, businesses are navigating unchartered territory with employees and their health and safety. Here's what you need to know.
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As Covid-19 vaccinations are rolled out throughout Australia, some businesses have had to consider updating their internal vaccination policy or creating a new policy for their business.
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A Victorian employer breached the State OHS Act in failing to ensure a worker operating a mobile order picker wore a safety harness and held the necessary high-risk work license, the Werribee Magistrates Court has found.
Read on to see the importance of proactive reviews of licenses and safety processes as a core responsibility of all employers.
Businesses across all industries are affected to some degree by fatigue. However, certain types of work and particular sectors have an inherently higher risk of fatigue. In a work context, fatigue is mental and / or physical exhaustion that reduces your ability to perform your work safely and effectively.
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If you operate a business with employees, you are required to have workers compensation insurance in place to protect your employees for injuries or illnesses they may sustain while they are at work. Workers compensation laws vary from state to state, so it can be a complex area, particularly if you operate a business nationally or across multiple states.
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As busy business owners and operators it is difficult to keep up with the various legislation and legislative changes that occur which are relevant to you. In this article we discuss Australian Occupational Health and Safety. We provide some context on the current OHS landscape, discuss the Western Australia Work Health and Safety Proposed Act changes and provide some information on recent workplace occupational health and safety issues and incidents.
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