Workplace Safety Equipment Feature Articles for Australian Industry

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Asbestos on building sites a continuing regulatory issue: Ai Group 7/28/2016

Imported building materials containing asbestos highlights inadequacy of Australia's approach to ensuring the safety and quality of goods sold in Australia.

Training Supervisors to Improve Health and Wellbeing of Employees 7/27/2016

Mental and stress related disorders such as depression, anxiety and burnout account for a large percentage of all work-related health problems.

Ai Group welcomes job creation focus in SA State Budget 7/21/2016

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) welcomes the SA Government's initiative in job creation and the Job Accelerator Program.

Qld demands tougher asbestos controls from Commonwealth 7/21/2016

Queensland is calling on the Commonwealth to step up its efforts to prevent the importation of asbestos containing materials into the country.

Does Brexit have any fibre? 7/14/2016

What exactly is this British breakfast cereal that's got everyone in a tizz?

Overhaul tackles coal workers' health 7/14/2016

Tougher coal dust controls, new and better testing, and better trained medicos are the backbone of a new regime to protect the health of the state’s 5500 underground coal miners.

Car auctioneer fined over $250,000 after forklift operator killed 7/7/2016

A Sydney car auctioneer has been fined more than $250,000 after a forklift operator was killed while unloading a truck at Milperra in 2013.

LNP apprenticeship boost welcomed for Qld businesses 7/7/2016

Master Builders welcomes the LNP’s plan to provide $5000 for Queensland businesses which take on an apprentice who completes their apprenticeship.

Common injuries caused by technology and how to avoid them 7/7/2016

Technology; it’s stopped being surprising for its sheer ability to be what we never imagined it could be.

Be prepared - wage rate changes effective 1 July 2016 6/30/2016

A new National Minimum Wage comes into effect from the first pay period on or after tomorrow, July 1.

Women considered better industry workers. Or not? 6/30/2016

Women and industry workplace settings aren’t a common picture that comes to mind.

Manufacturers plan for more investment and new jobs 6/23/2016

Australia's manufacturers remain upbeat thanks to an uptick in home building activity and the lower Australian dollar, although the surge in confidence of late last year is abating, ...

$41,200 penalty for transport company over underpayment of drivers 6/16/2016

The Federal Circuit Court has penalised the former operator of a transport company which underpaid 12 of its casual drivers more than $143,000.

Reinventing Company Culture to Increase Employee Engagement and Safety 6/15/2016

Company culture, an elusive and often overlooked and undervalued concept.

Cautious approach needed on apprenticeship quotas: ACCI 6/9/2016

Labor is right to seek ways to reverse the slide in apprenticeship numbers but its proposal for quotas on government-funded infrastructure projects needs to be considered with caution, ...

Supporting innovative businesses to drive jobs and growth 6/9/2016

Innovation is critical to Australia's economic transition and forms an important part of our national economic plan.

State of Origin: Will New Food Labelling Make Aussie’s Buy Local? 6/7/2016

If your business makes, grows or packages food for sale in Australian retail stores then chances are you’re gearing up for the new Country of Origin Labelling regulations about to ...

Annual wage review places pressure on business: ACCI 6/2/2016

The Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase minimum and award wages by 2.4 per cent means a heavier burden for employers operating in an economy in transition, the Australian ...

6 Great Apps for Industrial Businesses 6/2/2016

It's the digital age, an age where there are countless ways to use our digits anywhere and everywhere to access anything and everything through a mobile phone.

NSW work-related fatalities at lowest level in almost 20 years 6/2/2016

The latest workers compensation data released by the State's workers compensation authority shows a significant fall in death and injury rates in NSW workplaces.

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