The Victorian Government is seeking to get tough on those who put Victorians at risk by contravening dangerous goods laws by introducing tough new offences and harsher penalties.

After hundreds of infants suffered from kidney stones due to contaminated baby formula, questions about safety in Chinese-made baby products are rife. Chinese consumers are increasingly wary of home grown products. Instead, they are demanding quality from overseas as a guarantee of safe and healthy products – which is good news for the Australian export industry.

Bringing you a new format for our Victorian Chamber News update, distributed fortnightly. Over the coming months members will notice a range of changes, including more videos that will provide more engaging news and information.

Managing the safety of contractors is one of the most challenging aspects of workplace safety management and any business that uses contractors has a duty to them under the Victorian OHS Act of 2004. If you use contractors, you must ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of those contractors.

Melbourne’s transport system was thrown into chaos today due to the tram strikes by the Rail, Train and Bus Union (RTBU). An estimated more than 200,000 travellers were impacted, forced to cancel or postpone their journeys or take other modes of transport.

An unfair dismissal claim lodged 54 days out of time has been accepted by the Fair Work Commission (Commission) after finding the employee’s initial representative’s ‘apparent carelessness’ in lodging a Notice of Discontinuance (Notice) without the employee’s authority, resulted in ‘unusual and extraordinary’ circumstances.

The Fair Work Commission (the “Commission”) has found the dismissal of a worker employed by an alarm and surveillance monitoring business to be harsh, but did not order reinstatement or any financial remedy.

WorkSafe Victoria’s new workplace health and safety awareness campaign is targeting employers who risk workers’ lives and it is warning they face tough penalties if they do the wrong thing.

A retailer has successfully defended an unfair dismissal claim lodged by an employee whose role as a Technical Service Manager was made redundant.

Last week, the Victorian Chamber urged Australia’s eastern states to unite on measures to lower domestic gas prices and improve supply.

The Fair Work Commission (the “Commission”) has found an employee was unfairly dismissed but awarded no compensation and was not reinstated.

The Victorian Government has established a new scheme to provide portability of long service leave benefits for workers in the contract cleaning, security and community services sectors.

A Victorian demolition company that failed to develop a safe work method statement for a high-risk construction task has been convicted and fined $100,000, plus $3,187 in costs, after a worker sustained arm injuries.

This week, we were proud to launch the final edition of our Business Excellence magazine. As you read this publication in its current format, it marks a new direction in the way the Victorian Chamber will chronicle the challenges and successes of businesses.

Our final Health & Wellbeing edition of Business Excellence is just what the doctor ordered.

The Fair Work Commission (‘Commission’) has found a business was not obliged to offer redundancy entitlements to employees whose roles changed due to operational requirements.