Posts tagged "health and safety"

Workers must take responsibility for their safety, but this can occur in an environment where reporting safety breaches is encouraged.

From the US to Brazil, Britain, Germany and Australia, abattoirs have played a role in spreading COVID-19, and there are lessons to be learnt.

If you want to survive, let alone thrive in a post-pandemic world, it’s time to put your business continuity plan under the microscope.

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Wearable devices and proximity monitoring can assist businesses in complying with social distancing expectations.

Businesses can be liable for injury is supervisors don't understand appropriate standards of conduct in the workplace.

Can Australian businesses force customers to wear a mask? Here's what businesses can do according to the law.

As coronavirus restrictions are lifted, at what point in time can an employer require their employees to physically return to the workplace?

Under the Work Health and Safety Act, employers have a duty of care to ensure employees operating remotely are in a safe environment.

Sandy Chong, chief executive of the Australian Hairdressing Association, says local councils must immediately escalate health and safety awareness campaigns for small hair and beauty businesses in the wake of the coronavirus. 

Two-thirds of Australians experience bullying, and workplaces can minimise its prevalence by addressing it as a health hazard, a new study reveals.

A South Australian mobile app designed to monitor the welfare of solo workers is moving into new industries and global markets.

Federal and state workplace health and safety laws say responsibility for a worker’s death lies with an employer, but these laws are rife with loopholes.