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Employers & Managers: New Industrial Manslaughter Law In QLD
Negligent Employers & Senior Executives Can Be Charged With Industrial Manslaughter- New Queensland Laws In a media statement from the Queensland government, Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace announced new industrial manslaughter laws passed the...
Safety Journey at Hitachi Construction Machinery
Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia (HCMA), part of the global giant Hitachi, is a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. Headquartered in Japan with over 20,000 staff globally, Hitachi is a highly diversified company that operates eleven...
When Enhancing Safety Culture Heats Up – Ducab Dubai
You can read this article on the LDN website here.
The 8 Skills Successful Leaders Need
Melissa Williams, CEO Learning Dimensions Network After a conversation with Leadership Dimensions Managing Partner Janet McCulloch, we have been reflecting on the topic of leadership. Let's face it, being a leader today is a challenge. As we enter a world is more...
The Safety Journey With Costa Group
Costa Group is Australia's largest horticultural company and a major supplier of produce to food retailers. With over 3,500 hectares of farmed land across Australia and more than 6,000 employees during peak seasonal periods, Costa values their employees and...
National Report on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
The National Mental Health Commission's National Report on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. >> Download The National Report on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention This report provides a highlevel summary of the reform journey in Australia's mental health...
Purposeful leaders’ are winning hearts and minds in workplaces, study finds
People are happier and more productive when their leaders show strong morals, a clear vision and commitment to stakeholders, a new study has found. The growing importance of what is being described as 'purposeful leadership' for the modern workplace is outlined in a...
Corporate Manslaughter: what is it and could it bring justice for Grenfell Tower victims?
Related posts: Queensland Industrial Manslaughter: New Laws Ioannis Glinavos, University of Westminster. The disaster at Grenfell Tower has been described by David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, as a case of corporate manslaughter. According to English law,...
The challenge of sedentary work environments – how to stay healthy
WorkSafe Qld provides some tips on how to stay healthy and keep moving. Many workers spend a large part of their working day sitting, including administrative and call centre workers, as well as people in particular areas of sales and manufacturing. This is defined as...
Essendon air crash: what will the investigators be looking for?
Essendon air crash: what will the investigators be looking for? Geoffrey Dell, CQUniversity Australia Just before 9am on Feb 21st, a twin-engined Beechcraft B200 Super King Air turbo-prop aircraft took off from runway 17 at Essendon Airport outside Melbourne in...
Why we need a new science of safety
Why we need a new science of safety Philip Thomas, University of Bristol It is often said that our approach to health and safety has gone mad. But the truth is that it needs to go scientific. Managing risk is ultimately linked to questions of engineering and...
Good Work Through Effective Leadership (Video)
Good Work Through Effective Leadership (Video) This Safe Work Australia film features three different perspectives on how workplace leaders can design good work and influence their safety culture, not only in their own business, but across their supply chain and the...
WorkLife: Why is work making us sick? (Audio)
WorkLife: Why is work making us sick? (Audio) Worker compensation claims have been decreasing over time but this masks all kinds of problems with our wellbeing at work. Making our workplaces healthier and safer means we have to confront all those things causing us...
Workers fight back with deviant behaviour in a precarious workplace: study
Workers fight back with deviant behaviour in a precarious workplace: study PJ Holtum, The University of Queensland When working conditions are harsh, workers are more likely to find satisfaction through small acts of deviant behaviour instead of banding together or...
How to cope with traumatic news – an illustrated guide
The era of 24-hour news brings traumatic events directly into everyone's lives. Here's how that can affect people, especially children, and some strategies for coping. In this illustrated guide by Lucy Fahey of ABC News, we are shown how traumatic news affects us....