Issue No 4 | 12 March 1999 | |
NewsShaw Promises World Beating Safety Laws
He this week unveiled a raft of changes to health and safety laws which implement key recommendations of an Inquiry into Workplace Safety, handed down last year by the Legislative Council's Standing Committee on Law and Justice. Shaw says the laws will place NSW at "the international forefront in terms of work safety". The proposals, which have been developed in consultation with the trade union movement, build on important changes in the Carr Government's first term, including doubling penalties for safety breaches and giving union officials immediate access to workplaces to police OH&S issues. Initiatives in the latest package include: - employee health and safety representatives to be appointed in all medium and large-sized businesses. - financial incentives within the workers compensation premium structure to develop OHS management systems. - strengthening the status of Workplace Safety Codes of Practice. - undertaking a detailed investigation of best practice systems; and - ensuring victim impact statements are admissible when sentencing breaches of OHS laws.
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Interview: Jennie George - Eyeing 2000 The ACTU President looks to the future and erects a few new signposts for her last 12 months in office and beyond. Unions: Trade Unions Thinking Globally How do you put people first in a global economy? That's the question for an international trade union conference in Sydney this week. History: The Pioneers: Trade Unions Before 1850 Labour historian Greg Patmore looks at the early days of unions in Australia Review: Opening Spaces For a New Labor A new book by Sydney academic McKenzie Wark looks at how Labor must adapt to the popular culture. Campaign Diary: On The Bus - A Tale Of Two Campaigns As the State election campaign moves into full swing, Workers Online looks at how the management of the media by the two main parties is reflecting their strategies.
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