Provisional Payments
 The Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Provisional Payments) Act 2020 (Provisional Payments Act) has received Royal Assent and will come into effect on a day to be proclaimed (expected to be 1 July 2021) or at the latest, 1 January 2022.
 
The Provisional Payments Act is a response from the Victorian Government to improve support for Victorian workers by introducing provisional payments for work-related mental injuries. 
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Mend Services is pleased to announce our new office location joining our MBA colleagues.

All other details remain the same except for our new address; 66 Auburn Street Wollongong.

We value your patronage and look forward to your visit at our new Wollongong office.  

Safe Work Australia has published new guidance for inspecting and maintaining elevating work platforms.

Elevating work platforms are high risk equipment that have caused 9 worker fatalities in the past 5 years (2015-2019). An inspection, maintenance and testing program is crucial to assess their safe operation.  

Employers are responsible for keeping workers safe and this includes ensuring that plant equipment is inspected and maintained. Elevating work platforms need to be inspected at least annually.

Employers must also ensure that workers are given the necessary information, training, instruction and supervision to use elevating work platforms safely.

Download the Guide to inspecting and maintaining elevating work platforms to assist you in making sure your workplace is safe for everyone.

​Source:  SafeWork Australia 

New national work health and safety guidance has been developed by Safe Work Australia.
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s report on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces highlighted how prevalent sexual harassment is and the harm it is causing.
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But there is a lot that employers can do beyond responding to complaints.

We would like to wish all our readers a very happy and healthy holiday season.
 
We appreciate that this has been a year of unpredictable situations, from the bushfires that raged last summer to an unprecedented global health crisis, COVID-19. 

This time last year, parts of Australia were badly affected by extreme heat and bushfires.  Working in heat and/or in air pollution can be hazardous and can cause harm to workers in both indoor and outdoor work environments.