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December 2024

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Supporting businesses to understand their requirements under the new sexual harassment regulations

The Work Health and Safety (Sexual Harassment) Amendment Regulation 2024 commenced on 1 September 2024, specifically requiring Persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) to proactively manage the risk of sexual harassment and sex or gender-based harassment in the workplace.
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Understanding avian influenza in the workplace: Look. Report. Protect.

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a virus that affects all kinds of birds from poultry to migratory shorebirds, sea birds and waterfowl.
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Failure to make scaffolding safe costs company $40,000

Failures by a construction company to guarantee scaffolding was safe at a residential housing work site has led to a company being fined $40,000 in the Maroochydore Magistrate Court this month.
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Company fined $250,000 for workplace fatality

A Queensland magistrate has fined a supplies company $250,000 for failing to provide a primary duty of care which resulted in a workers’ death.
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Recognising individual risk factors for heat stress

Heat stress is a complex issue when it comes to keeping workers safe, healthy and productive. Maintaining a safe internal core temperature at work (and minimising risks of heat stress), is affected by three main factors.
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Proactive Compliance Program 2024–2027

The Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) Compliance and Field Services Proactive Compliance Program 2024–2027 serves as a strategic guide for WHSQ’s compliance-focused proactive work program.
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Secure construction sites for end of year break

As the end-of-year break approaches, many in the construction industry are eagerly anticipating a well-earned rest. But before switching off, there’s an essential checklist every site manager must prioritise.
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Queenslanders step up for asbestos safety

As part of Asbestos Awareness Week, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland hosted a record-breaking webinar with almost 1300 registrants eager to learn how to live and work safely with asbestos.
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Guiding the way: responding to mental injury at work

As an employer, are you confident responding to a worker who is experiencing a work-related mental injury or poor mental health?
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Workers’ compensation information statements

Learn more about the Workers’ compensation information statements changes commencing on 1 January 2025.
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Protecting your health during storm and flood clean-up

Queensland is once again heading into a summer with wetter-than-usual weather predictions and an elevated risk of cyclones is becoming the new normal. While these storms will eventually pass, the real challenge often begins afterward, when it’s time to clean up.
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Christmas retail trading hours

The holiday season is fast approaching and with it, extended trading hours across the state allowing Queenslanders to avoid the Christmas rush.
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