This information sheet provides details about what workers’ compensation is.
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Safe work practices, like having a cuppa, happen daily. Use the SafeTea tea room poster in your workplace this October.
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Use the video call background when you host a virtual SafeTea event for your workplace.
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Get creative by decorating your SafeTeacup! You could wrap your teacup in caution tape, safety stickers or even a tiny high vis vest.
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Use the event checklist to plan a SafeTea for your workplace.
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Safe Work Australia has released the theme and campaign kit for National Safe Work Month 2022 ahead of the official campaign launch on 1 October.
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An information sheet about coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and mine dust diseases including the symptoms, causes and risk factors as well as information for persons conducting a business on undertaking on how to manage these risks at work.
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This National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia asked workplaces across the country to make health and safety a permanent part of their workplace culture.
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Make safety: every job, every day a reality this October
This year’s theme, safety: every job, every day, encourages all workplaces – regardless of occupation, industry, location, and size – to prioritise safety in their job every day.
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Occupational lung diseases are conditions of the respiratory system caused by workplace exposure to dusts, gases, fumes and vapours.
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Sunday 10 October is World Mental Health Day and marks the start of National Safe Work Month’s focus on mental health.
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Supporting information
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This National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia encourages all Australians to make health and safety a central part of their workplace culture by thinking safe, working safe and being safe.
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National Safe Work Month officially starts today!
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This National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia encourages all Australians to make health and safety a central part of their workplace culture by thinking safe, working safe and being safe.
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Every year in October, Safe Work Australia invites workplaces to take part and focus on health and safety at work during National Safe Work Month.
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A person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must, so far as reasonably practicable, identify and manage any risks to health and safety in the workplace.
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A person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), he has a duty under work health and safety (WHS) laws to minimise the risks to his workers’ health in the workplace.
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An information sheet about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease including the symptoms, causes and risk factors as well as information for persons conducting a business on undertaking on how to manage these risks at work.
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An information sheet about Q fever including the symptoms, causes and risk factors as well as information for persons conducting a business on undertaking on how to manage these risks at work.
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An information sheet about asbestosis and mesothelioma including the symptoms, causes and risk factors as well as information for persons conducting a business on undertaking on how to manage these risks at work.
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Think safe, work safe, be safe on the farm.
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As the composition of workplaces changes so too can the safety risks and hazards. Have you reviewed your control measures lately to keep your workers’ safe?
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Think safe, work safe, be safe by ensuring all workers know how to stay safe and healthy in the workplace.
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These workers need a safety induction too so they can think safe, work safe, be safe.
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Safe Work Australia has released the theme and campaign kit for National Safe Work Month 2021 ahead of the official campaign launch on 1 October.
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October is National Safe Work Month – a time to commit to building safe and healthy workplaces for all Australians.
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Whatever the industry or workplace – every organisation can join National Safe Work Month and commit to keeping people safe and healthy at work. This information sheet includes a list of things you can do during National Safe Work Month in October to champion work health and safety in your workplace.
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