Industrial Manslaughter laws pass in Victoria
Victoria has introduced industrial manslaughter laws, meaning that employers found to have negligently caused a workplace death will face fines of up to $16.5 million and individuals will face up to 20 years in jail. Notably industrial manslaughter also applies to...
Latest News – NHVR Inspection Blitz Results
A recent blitz by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), involving the inspection of over 3,500 heavy vehicles nationally, has turned out a 93% compliance rate. The blitz involved over 10 agencies including police, state transport branches and the NHVR at 142...
Need for CoR Executive Reporting
LSS legal advisor Nathan Cecil, from Holding Redlich lawyers, has recently highlighted the need for executive reporting as part of a Chain of Responsibility (CoR) Ssafety Management System (SMS). This reflects executive duties contained in the LSS CoR-Safe Guide....
CoR compliance to transfer to NHVR
The NHVR is assuming control of heavy vehicle enforcement activities throughout Australia The Key impacts include: a more consistent approach to enforcement rules use of a range of “smart” enforcement tools all data pooled into one national database and monitored by...