Workplace risk advisory line: 1300 761 891 The Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) is trialling an Advisory Line to assists its members with expert advice for issues relating to workers’…
By Kathy Li There is a practice in the labour hire (labour hire/on hire) industry where labour hire organisations engage external payroll companies to facilitate payment to their contractors. In…
Aegis’ Kathy Li spent seven years working in WorkSafe’s Premium department, assisting the regulator in driving in over $13Mil a year in additional premium and penalties through premium audits. Having…
With the recent news that Victoria has experienced a new cluster of COVID-19 at a meat processing plant — just as talk has turned to opening the state up after…
How do you manage redundancy and standing down employees during a pandemic? For businesses, one of the most difficult factors of the current COVID-19 pandemic is having to stand down…
A month ago, I doubt any of us could have predicted the impact that a virus would have on Australian society. One of the most significant impacts of COVID-19 has…
“Any injury sustained whilst undertaking work duties away from usual work premises, such as working from home, is also considered as occurring in the course of employment and is covered…
The hidden figure of managing a workplace injury can be much higher than companies realise. Most employers understand the direct costs of workplace injury. These include but are not limited…
With many businesses forced to close due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, entire industries are looking at an uncertain future. For those businesses still able to remain open, the government…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. There are now more than 180,000 cases across 140 countries. More than 7,000 have been fatal. Obviously,…
