Bullying may often be associated with school days, but there is no doubt it is also a significant problem in today's workplaces as well. The NSW WorkCover Authority defines bullying at work as "aggressive behaviour that intimidates, humiliates and/or undermines a person or group. It is repeated, less-favourable treatment of...
Apr 17, 2007 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The New South Wales NSW Government has pledged to reduce WorkCover premiums. The Australian Industry Group claims the pledge has placed pressure on the Victorian Government to follow suit in the impending State Budget. The Victorian...
Apr 03, 2007 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The New South Wales NSW Government announced in March 2007 that it would be cutting workers' compensation premiums by a further 5. Announcing the cuts, John Della Bosca, the NSW Industrial Relations Minister, said the Government...
Mar 18, 2007 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Workcover New South Wales NSW has issued updated guidelines on drug use at work. The administrative agency claims there are notable limitations to using drug tests to manage the risks associated with drugs including alcohol. Workcover...
Byline: Susannah Moran Mar 01, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There are many New South Wales NSW lawyers involved in the movement of winding back tort law reforms. The NSW Bar President, Michael Slattery, is passionate about seriously injured people...
Feb 26, 2007 (Lawyers Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Bartier Perry has commented on a recent appeal over a workers compensation claim. The firm claims the case has restored certainty for employers and workers. The law firm acted for Campbelltown City Council in its dispute with...
Byline: John Daziel and Kylie Brown Jan 11, 2007 (Law Society Journal NSW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The WorkCover Authority of New South Wales has issued a new directive to its licensed workers compensation insurers. The authority states in the directive...
Byline: Debra Jopson Dec 12, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The New South Wales NSW Children & Young People Commissioner is to suggest changes to health and safety in Parliament. The 13 December 2006 recommendations are based...
Nov 01, 2006 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The fact New South Wales NSW WorkCover had a surplus of $A85 million in June 2006 is an indictment of NSW workers' compensation laws. This is the view of June McPhie, the president of the NSW...
Oct 31, 2006 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Workers' compensation premiums in New South Wales have been reduced for the third time in less than 12 months. In November 2005 they were cut by five per cent, then 10 per cent in March 2006....
Byline: Alex Boxsell Oct 30, 2006 (Lawyers Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The New South Wales NSW Government announced an additional $A390 million in Workcover's final budget for 2005-06. June McPhie, president of the NSW Law Society, June McPhie, has urged...
Aug 18, 2006 (Discrimination Alert - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New South Wales NSW WorkCover has undertaken 12 major investigations into workplace bullying since June 2005. This is according to Michael McGauran, of WorkCover, who was speaking to a recent meeting of the NSW Equal...
Aug 18, 2006 (Discrimination Alert - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New South Wales NSW WorkCover is in the process of launching an anti-bullying campaign. Michael McGauran, of WorkCover, told a meeting of the NSW Equal Employment Opportunity Practitioners' Association NEEOPA on 9 August 2006 that...
Aug 10, 2006 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New South Wales' workers compensation premiums in have fallen by 15 per cent in the last 10 months. This is according to Jon Blackwell, the CEO of WorkCover, who says this is in part the result...
Aug 08, 2006 (HR Monthly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- WorkCover in New South Wales NSW is considering changing the law in relation to asbestos. It is proposing to amend the Occupational Health & Safety Regulation 2001 to require a person to have a bonded asbestos...
Byline: Imre Salusinszky May 14, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New South Wales NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam has announced parts of his industrial relations platform. The Liberal Party would halt any current workplace safety cases before the courts,...
Byline: Imre Salusinszky May 04, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The New South Wales Government NSW is planning to change the state's tough workplace safety laws. Employers are presently entirely responsible for safety in the workplace. The amended...
Jamie Wade A new licensing system introduced under fresh laws will control the way the New South Wales mining industry handles explosives. WorkCover NSW will be the sole licence-issuing authority for the new system introduced on 1 September last year...
Apr 25, 2006 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A woman from Sydney has been found guilty on eight counts of workers' compensation fraud. The Supreme Court of New South Wales NSW has ordered her to pay a total of nearly $A47,000 in court costs...
Apr 24, 2006 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New South Wales NSW WorkCover has announced a 10 per cent cut in workers' compensation premiums as from 30 June 2006. The move, which follows a five per cent reduction made in November 2005, will reduce...
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