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Your Rights Working in Heat
Every employer or Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) has a duty of care to “ensure the health and safety of their workers and others at the workplace”. This includes ensuring that...
View ArticleHealth and Safety
Safe Workplaces Employers have a legal duty to make workplaces safe for everyone. Health and safety risks exist in every workplace, but by following proper health and safety practices and...
View ArticleInjury Reporting
Under the law, ‘injuries’ means physical or mental injuries, diseases or illnesses. All workplaces should have a clear system of reporting injuries or other health and safety issues. Employers have a...
View ArticleHealth and Safety Representatives (HSRs)
Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) are elected by their co-workers to represent them in health and safety matters. By electing a HSR, workers get more of a say on health and safety issues and...
View ArticleCompensation
Anybody injured at work has a right to worker’s compensation, including paid leave and compensation for medical costs. This applies to both physical and mental injuries and can occur at the workplace...
View ArticleRisk Management
Employers have a legal responsibility to identify hazards and control risks before they can cause harm. Risk management is the process of: identifying hazardsassessing the risk of harm from those...
View ArticleNatural disasters and workplace safety
Very hot days, storms, bushfires, floods and other forms of extreme weather are very disruptive to all our lives but we usually are given warnings. Weather bureaus predict and issue warnings ahead of...
View ArticleMosquito-borne diseases
Australia has seen an increase in mosquito numbers and bites this summer as heavy rain and flooding brought on by La Niña continues to wreak havoc, resulting in an increased risk of mosquito-borne...
View ArticlePerimenopause and menopause symptoms
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide basic information about experiences of perimenopause and menopause. Menopause affects around half of Australia’s population at some point in their lives...
View ArticleMenopause in the workplace
Hang on a second. Not sure what menopause is? Check out this fact sheet on menopause basics first. Menopause friendly workplaces are union business Union members are committed to gender equality and...
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