Campaigns - WorkSafe News

As Victoria’s retail sector heads into its busy Christmas and January sales period, employers and employees are being reminded to pay attention to workplace safety.

Bass Coast businesses can expect a knock at the door later next month when teams of WorkSafe inspectors head to the region for a week to educate and encourage compliance with health and safety laws.

WorkSafe Victoria is contacting construction employers in the Mildura region to alert them that a week of concentrated worksite visits will begin later this month.

A major public awareness campaign about the importance of helping injured workers get back to work was launched on Sunday.

Workers and employers in Victoria’s retail sector are being urged to focus more closely on workplace safety during the busy end of financial year sales period.

WorkSafe Victoria will conduct more than 100 workplace inspections in the Moe, Newborough and Trafalgar area later this month as part of its ongoing Safe Towns campaign.

Construction sites along the Murray River from Cobram and Barooga to Corowa are being urged to review their existing site health and safety practices ahead of site inspections later this month.

How safe is your workplace? That’s the question WorkSafe is encouraging employers and workers to answer in a major public awareness campaign which begins Sunday.

WorkSafe Victoria is today celebrating 30 years since Victoria’s modern workers compensation scheme was established.

The Victorian workers compensation system is in a sound financial position, according to the 2014/15 results released today by WorkSafe Victoria.

The health and safety practices of construction sites will be put under the microscope when workplace inspectors from both Victoria and NSW visit the Mildura region next month.

A campaign that aims to encourage discussions about workplace safety by recognising the important jobs we do at home was launched today by WorkSafe Victoria.

A new awareness campaign alerting Victorian tradespeople to the importance of identifying asbestos before they begin work will be launched on Sunday.

WorkSafe Victoria has launched a powerful new public awareness campaign showing the impact that a serious injury can have on a workplace.

WorkSafe Victoria has revised its approach to quad bike use in order to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries in Victorian workplaces.

Farmers are far more likely to die at work than any other Victorian worker.

That simple but shocking fact is at the heart of a compelling new public awareness campaign to be launched next week.

Two organisations devoted to educating young people and employers about the trauma caused by bullying have been given a significant boost, thanks to a new partnership with WorkSafe Victoria.

Inspectors from WorkSafe Victoria and SafeWork NSW will join forces again next week as part of efforts to increase understanding of interstate safety requirements for construction companies working on either side of the border.