Occupational health and safety
Alternative labels
Workplace health and safety
Industrial safety
Report
Follow up of management of staff occupational health and safety in schools
Auditor-General’s comments In February 2015 I released my first audit following up on audit recommendations from 2012–13. The inaugural report was the basis for further follow-up audits to verify the information agencies provided. This report, focusing on the Department of Education and Training (DET) and WorkSafe, is the third in a series of follow-up reports...
Report
Transport and environmental regulation of hazardous waste - opportunities for harmonisation
Businesses involved with the movement of hazardous waste typically interact with three core regulatory regimes: work health and safety; transport of dangerous goods; and environmental protection. This report aims to identify and recommend opportunities to achieve greater regulatory harmonisation across regulatory regimes.
Guide
The national standards for volunteer involvement: 2015
Volunteering Australia’s new national standards for volunteer involvement update standards produced in 1998 and 2001 and provide a sound framework for supporting the volunteer sector in Australia.
Report
Communicating work health and safety in the context of cultural and linguistic diversity in aged care
The Asia Pacific Centre for Work Health and Safety and the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures at the University of South Australia in conjunction with Helping Hand are pleased to announce the launch of the report: Communicating work health and safety in the context of cultural and linguistic diversity in aged care, funded by...
Report
Optimising return to work practices following catastrophic injury
This paper aims to enhance understanding of the features of optimal return to work practices following traumatic brain and spinal cord injury and identify barriers and facilitators to their implementation.