Monthly Archives: November 2016

Monthly Archives: November 2016

25/11

Workers fight back with deviant behaviour in a precarious workplace: study

Workers fight back with deviant behaviour in a precarious workplace: study by PJ Holtum.  Available from <http://theconversation.com/workers-fight-back-with-deviant-behaviour-in-a-precarious-workplace-study-69208> [November 25, 2016 12.58pm AEDT] When working conditions are harsh, workers are more likely to find satisfaction through small acts of deviant behaviour instead of banding together or joining a union, my research shows. I interviewed 30 unskilled workers…
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25/11

Urgent rethink needed on workplace safety

Urgent rethink needed on workplace safety Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party.  Available from <http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1611/S00428/urgent-rethink-needed-on-workplace-safety.htm> [Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 10:09 am] Photo Credit:  By NAVFAC (Monthly Safety Stand Down) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons An urgent rethink is needed on the Government’s new workplace safety laws with the number of deaths this year…
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18/11

Employers called to take action on sun safety

New research from the Skin and Cancer Foundation has found that despite years of sun safety messages, some employers are not providing adequate sun protection for their workers. While 55 per cent of Australian adults are employed in jobs that regularly, or always require them to be outdoors, almost a third of employees required to…
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18/11

BlueScope launches workplace safety app

BlueScope Steel has partnered with TOLL, K&S Transport and Buzinga App Development to improve health and safety methods for their employees and contractors through the safety app, ‘SteelDrive’. The app, launched in June, 2016 and now available to Android users, allows truck drivers to document the restraining and transportation of steel, through photo-taking, GPS-tracking, and cloud-based…
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