Hiring mature-aged workers over their younger competitors means a significantly higher pay package, but Energy Skills Queensland says adult apprentices are worth the cost. The value of completing an...
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With untreated mental health conditions costing Australian businesses over $10 billion a year and affecting one in five employees, businesses that ignore mental health in their workplace are missing...
As Queensland’s resource employers navigate challenging market conditions and the wider transition to a more production-focused industry, many workplaces are benefiting from the reduced costs and...
The issue of synthetic drugs in the community is having a trickle-on effect into Queensland’s mining and resources workforces. The National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre clears the haze...
WHEN it comes to workplace injury, Australia’s mining sector incurs the highest treatment cost per worker, with the longest average treatment duration, according to the latest report from...
What’s mental health got to do with workplaces? Put simply, lots! Like physical health, mental health is central to how we function and how productive we are at work. It’s also good business. The...
[hr]An unintended consequence of the recent boom in fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workforces attached to remote and regional mining and construction sites is confusion over the level of workers’...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has said a decision made earlier this year, to limit the use of urine testing for drugs and alcohol in the workplace, was a “significant error”. On Friday...
More Queenslanders are staying safe at work with new figures showing a significant drop in workplace fatalities and injuries across the State. According to the figures, in the last two years...
