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Increased compliance operations for COVID safe workplaces

26/7/2021

The NSW Government has taken an important step in keeping our community safe by announcing an increased presence of compliance inspectors across Sydney and regional areas from today to ensure businesses are complying with COVID-19 Public Health Orders.

Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation Kevin Anderson, and Minister for Digital and Customer Service Victor Dominello, said inspectors will be checking businesses are doing their part to protect the community by wearing masks and enforcing the QR code check-in.

NSW leading the country in workplace safety

14/7/2021

Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, Kevin Anderson has announced that SafeWork NSW has allocated an additional $6.4 million to increase the number of inspectors and associated support staff which will further the NSW Government’s successful work in reducing NSW’s workplace injury and fatality rates.

Mr Anderson said the funding will be used to recruit 40 new inspectors to add to the 330 strong team as NSW continues its efforts to keep workers safe. The additional inspectors will lift the ratio in NSW to one inspector for every 10,000 workers – in line with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) benchmark and ahead of jurisdictions including Victoria and Queensland.

NSW formally clarifies psychosocial legal responsibilities

7/6/2021

New South Wales (NSW) has become the first state in Australia to introduce an industry-wide code of practice to formally clarify the legal responsibilities businesses have to address hazards in the workplace that can cause psychological or physical harm.

NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation Kevin Anderson and NSW Minister for Mental Health Bronnie Taylor released the ‘Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work’ on 28 May, which encompasses risks to psychological health across all NSW workplaces.

Master Builders 2021 Excellence in Construction & Site Safety Awards - entries close soon

7/6/2021

The hallmark annual event for commercial, industrial, and civil engineering in NSW!

This is a gentle reminder that entries for the Excellence in Construction & Site Safety Awards close soon. Be recognised at the most prestigious commercial, industrial, and civil engineering awards in NSW. Submit your entry by Friday 11 June 2021.

New entry process – online submission
This year, all entries are required to be submitted and managed online via our Award Force platform. Please note that we will not be accepting any entries via post or email

Construction worker dies after being struck by overhead boom

2/6/2021

A worker died at a Victorian construction site on Monday, 17 May after being struck by an overhead boom.

mend victoria

6/5/2021

After careful review of our submission, inline with the Conditions of Approval, Mend Victoria have successfully been approved to sit on the WorkSafe Victoria Occupational Rehabilitation Provider Panel.

Mend staff attend movie night

6/5/2021

Prestige Inhome Care has become an established and trusted member of the local communities in which the organisation operates, supporting individuals and families with everything from one off weekly gardening right through to 24 hour care and/or nursing. www.prestigeinhomecare.com.au/

The staff at Mend Services were pleased to attend the Prestige Inhome Care movie night where we had the opportunity to meet like minded allied health practitioners.

Legislation Update Vic - Provisional Liability for Victorian Mental Injury Claims

31/3/2021

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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Vic urges workplace safety prioritisation after 65 died in 2020

31/3/2021

WorkSafe Victoria is urging all Victorians to prioritise workplace health and safety, following the tragic deaths of 65 workers in 2020. The toll was five fewer than 2019, when 70 people died from work-related injuries or disease. WorkSafe Victoria Chief Executive Colin Radford said Victorian employers and workers can and must do more to reduce the number of workplace deaths, adding that every death is a tragedy for families, workplaces and communities grappling with the loss of a loved one.

Mend Wollongong office relocates

30/3/2021

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.

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