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Is Victoria cracking the codes to WHS

Harmonisation

Is Victoria cracking the codes to WHS? Recent post by Riskology I’ve been watching with interest Victoria sinking their claws into the new laws saying they don’t want to commit to the harmonised laws anymore because of the cost, which will impact mainly small business. The Victorian Treasurer, Kim Wells  said during a budget speech [...]

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Free Safety Checklists

Free Safety Stuff

Free Safety Checklists In partnership with Nimonik, Riskology are pleased to announce a series of new free safety checklists based on Australian WHS codes of practice and harmonisation legislation. If you have an iPad or iPhone, click here to download the app and check them out. http://riskologyconsulting.com.au/ipad-harmonisation-checklists/ Technorati Tags: apps, harmonisation, safety checklists, whs

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OHS is Dead. Long Live WHS

Harmonisation

OHS is Dead. Long Live WHS. by Kevin Jones at http://safetyatworkblog.com/ Media reports on the 13 April 2012 Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting say that harmonisation of occupational health and safety laws in Australia has died.  Some say this is the fault of the Victorian Government with its economic justification for inaction but the [...]

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New WHS Laws

Harmonisation

Franchise group workplace safety and complying with the new WHS Laws by Chris Beasley 2nd April 2012 New (OHS) workplace health and safety laws released in Qld, NSW, ACT, NT in January this year and slated for release in January 2013 for the remaining Australian states, mean changes for many organisations, but what do Franchisors [...]

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We need calm-onisation with harmonisation

Harmonisation

After all the panic and stress late last year, the harmonisation deadline seems to have come and gone much like Y2K. I don’t have much interest in legislation, in fact, even a healthy disdain for it but here is a quick harmonisation update by State from SJ at the Safety Toolshed We need calm-onisation with [...]

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WHS Harmonisation Update

Harmonisation

Another great post by the Safety Nerd: Where the bloody hell are you? Posted on December 3, 2011 by The Safety Nerd Okay, so there was a lot of who-ha relating to the rush to the starting blocks being 1st January 2011 for these new WHS laws, but quite a few of the states at [...]

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National OHS Harmonisation

Harmonisation

National OHS Harmonisation – Your Questions Answered….. Guest Posting from Everything OHS – click HERE to read all of their other great articles, news and updates What are the new laws? Safe Work Australia is developing model work health and safety laws as part of an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments. This initiative [...]

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OHS Harmonisation Training

Harmonisation

OHS Harmonisation Training AlertForce, a company which offers online safety training programs, have released their newly developed course: Manager Obligations under the WHS Act (OHS Harmonisation) You can skip the info below and see the course online HERE The range of units developed encompasses the requirements for – BSBOHS301B Apply knowledge of OHS in the [...]

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WHS Obligations for Host Employers

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  Hostess with the Most-ess….The WHS Obligations for Host Employers Posted on October 20, 2011 by The Safety Nerd Training organisations are PCBUs who share WHS responsibilities (if that sentence was a whole load of acronyms you thought I just made up, you may want to read my earlier blogs).  As a group training organisation, [...]

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What is Reasonably Practicable?

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Is reasonably practicable practical? Posted on September 27, 2011 by The Safety Nerd Okay, so this seems like a hand on heart definition – meaning….your honour……(hand on heart) I have done everything reasonably practicable that someone in my position would be expected to do. Under the current NSW Act, you can use reasonably practicable as [...]

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Work Health and Safety Codes of Practice – Have your say

Codes of Practice

Work Health and Safety Codes of Practice – Have your say Safe Work Australia Chair, Mr Tom Phillips AM, today announced the start of the public comment period for 15 draft model Codes of Practice which support the new model work health and safety legislation. The draft model Codes of Practice released for public comment [...]

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Guide to WHS Act 2011

Harmonisation

Guide to Queensland Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) This guide provides an overview of the Queensland Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act). It is designed to help people understand their health and safety duties and rights in the workplace. However it is not intended to be read in place of [...]

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WHS Officers and PCBUs

Harmonisation

The latest offering from the Safety Nerd:   Are you an “Officer” – of the LAW? Posted on September 22, 2011 by The Safety Nerd Pre harmonisation there was a liability on people who own or manage an organisation or business – attributed liability which could be CEOs, Senior Managers or even Line Managers.  If [...]

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FINAL WHS Regulations

Harmonisation

The FINAL WHS Regulations and COPs – sit down and take a break for a moment and read where it is now at … By Graham Dent – republished from Linkedin Here: My understanding of the latest status of the release of: ► the Regulation Impact Statement ► the "final" approved WHS Regulations; and ► [...]

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WHS Harmonisation Jargon

Harmonisation

New Laws, New Words….S#@#! – Latest blog post on the Safety Toolshed Posted on September 19, 2011 by The Safety Nerd Okay, so after years of teaching everyone what OHS means it changes on us.  Not only that, but there is a whole dictionary of jargon that’s been thrown in. Here is a quick and [...]

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What is OHS?

OH and S

What is Occupational Health and Safety? Article by George Robotham from www.ohschange.com.au Good question that I do not have a good answer to, but have a few observations- OHS is the science / art / wizardry / bloody hard game of convincing stakeholders at all levels to identify hazards, assess risk and control risk in [...]

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