Mine Safety: Law Regulation PolicyFederation Press, 2007 - 291 pages Historically, the mining industry has had a high incidence of work related injury and disease, and of disasters involving multiple fatalities. It also faces OHS challenges far exceeding those confronting most other industry sectors.Mine safety legislation can play an important role in meeting those challenges. Although regulation is never likely to be the entire answer, good regulation not only brings laggards up to a minimum legal standard, it also encourages, rewards and facilitates leaders in going beyond them. Bad regulation, in contrast, constrains good enterprises from taking the initiative to improve OHS, while failing to deter bad ones.This book describes mine safety legislation in the "mining states" and analyses its strengths and weaknesses. It also examines the broader policy questions of how best to design, implement and enforce mine safety regulation.It argues that substantial reform will be necessary not only in setting standards, but also in their implementation, if further OHS improvements are to be achieved. This implies substantial changes in the way the mine safety inspectorates go about their tasks: in how they administer and enforce the law; and in the circumstances in which they choose to prosecute. It also requires the nurturing of a degree of trust between employers and workers (individually and collectively) and between both these parties and the mines inspectorates, that has been substantially lacking in recent years. |
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Page vii
... Relations Landscape : Internal Management Initiatives 207 10. Building Trust 210 Introduction 210 Trust between Workers and Management 212 Five Scenarios 218 Building Trust : What Works ? 231 Trade Unions and Trust 239 Trust Between ...
... Relations Landscape : Internal Management Initiatives 207 10. Building Trust 210 Introduction 210 Trust between Workers and Management 212 Five Scenarios 218 Building Trust : What Works ? 231 Trade Unions and Trust 239 Trust Between ...
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... relations environment . This development brings its own increased OHS risks ( Quinlan 2004a ) . For example Quinlan ( 2004b ) , from a review of some 180 studies , notes that over 80 per cent found a link between precarious employment ...
... relations environment . This development brings its own increased OHS risks ( Quinlan 2004a ) . For example Quinlan ( 2004b ) , from a review of some 180 studies , notes that over 80 per cent found a link between precarious employment ...
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... Relations Amendment ( Work Choices ) Act 2005 ( Cth ) ) , may have their own implications for communication , consultation and participation in matters of OHS , as well as for industrial relations more broadly . And relations between ...
... Relations Amendment ( Work Choices ) Act 2005 ( Cth ) ) , may have their own implications for communication , consultation and participation in matters of OHS , as well as for industrial relations more broadly . And relations between ...
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... relations with each other , and with the mines inspectorate , are poisoned by the " debili- tating mistrust " that is particularly characteristic of contemporary relations between the major stakeholders in New South Wales . The final ...
... relations with each other , and with the mines inspectorate , are poisoned by the " debili- tating mistrust " that is particularly characteristic of contemporary relations between the major stakeholders in New South Wales . The final ...
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... Relations administers the OHS Act 2000 ( NSW ) for all workplaces apart from mines , which are the respon- sibility of the Minister for Primary Industries . DPI officers may be appointed as inspectors under the OHS Act 2000 ( NSW ) ...
... Relations administers the OHS Act 2000 ( NSW ) for all workplaces apart from mines , which are the respon- sibility of the Minister for Primary Industries . DPI officers may be appointed as inspectors under the OHS Act 2000 ( NSW ) ...
Contents
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Towards Best Practice | 62 |
Designing Appropriate Standards for SMEs | 88 |
Conclusion | 94 |
Interaction with the Workforce | 109 |
Inspection and Enforcement Strategies | 116 |
Inspection and Enforcement Tools | 134 |
Deterrent | 152 |
Industry Associations Trade Unions and Worker | 190 |
Building Trust | 210 |
13 | 253 |
31 | 268 |
Index | 273 |
37 | 274 |
54 | 284 |
Cases | 289 |
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