Some time ago in a Clint Eastwood movie, I remember the character that he played saying: “I tried being reasonable
Read moreTaking the Stress out of Stress Claims
23/08/2010 (in Announcements, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)
Melbourne OHS Training Day – 24 September 2010
22/07/2010 (in Announcements, Events, News)
Melbourne OHS Training Day – 24 September 2010
“The Hidden and Forgotten Dangers – OHS and the office
When: 24 September 2010
Times: 8.30am – 5:30pm
Where: RACV Melbourne
The program for the Training Day is designed to look carefully at white collar safety. That falls into three parts:
(1) Senior Management Governance responsibilities – something that few managers are trained in or understand at a Board/ Executive level. Ian Bird Company Secretary, Murray Goulburn will present with Ms Diana Taylor – General Manager- Legal Douglas LPT and Director of the Geelong Football Club.
Specialist HR Contractors
20/07/2010 (in Announcements, Published Articles)
Your business is small to medium size and need HR support? But you don’t need anyone full time. Also, some of your needs are not “entry-level” HR practitioners.
Read moreRecruitment by the Hour
20/07/2010 (in Announcements)
Tired of paying 15% of annual wage for a recruiter to immediately send you a data dump of potential recruits?
Read moreWelcome – Archer Jack Cunningham
19/07/2010 (in Announcements, eLibrary)
Kim Cunningham and husband Leigh, welcome their second child Archer Jack Cunningham.
Read more“Understanding Insurance – The Warranty and Workplace holes in your Business Protection”
01/07/2010 (in Announcements, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)
It is common for installers of cabling to take great comfort from the written warranties provided by manufactures of cabling product.
Read moreQantas – When are you at work.
01/07/2010 (in Announcements, Latest in OH&S, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)
There has been a series of cases concerning when is a person “off work” for the purpose of workers compensation law, run against Qantas. The facts are all similar and involve members of flight crews who suffer an injury whilst on “slip time” between flights.
Read moreThe Aussie version of Good Faith Bargaining
01/07/2010 (in Announcements, Latest in OH&S, Legal Articles, News, eLibrary)
The Fair Work sceptics warned of Australia developing good faith bargaining laws akin to the US. They warned that it would be a complex process where employers could no longer speak to their employees during the negotiation of an enterprise agreement.
Read moreOHS law debate and Law Society position
01/07/2010 (in Announcements, Latest in OH&S, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)
Boardroom Radio has hosted a very interesting podcast between two labour lawyers, Andrew Douglas and Michael Tooma, with the participation of Barry Silburn, the National President of the Safety Institute of Australia.
Read moreHow to assess the severity of the risk when employees work at heights
01/07/2010 (in Announcements, Latest in OH&S, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)
Whenever an employee has to work at heights, there will always be potential hazards involved. A risk assessment should always be carried out prior to commencing the work.
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