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Volume 8, Issue 3
September 2009
(PDF 219KB / 16 pages)

Inside this issue:
Developments in regulation
International news
Key research and reports
Key cases
Other Developments
Feature article: The Second Report of the National Review into Model OHS Laws

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Working papers

70. Regulating Occupational Health and Safety for Contingent and Precarious Workers: The Proposed 'Primary' Duty of Care
(PDF:337K/29pages)

Richard Johnstone
69. On the Limits of Management Based Regulation
(PDF:250K/38pages)

Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair
68. The National Review into Model OHS Laws: Offences Relating to Breaches of the Duties of Care, Defences and Related Matters
(PDF:203K/18pages)

Ron McCallum and Belinda Reeve
67.

The National Review into Model OHS Laws: A Paper Examining the 'Specified Classes' of Duty Holders; Reasonably Practicable and Risk Management; and Access to OHS Advice
(PDF:239K/22pages)
Elizabeth Bluff

66.

The National Review into Model OHS Laws: A Paper Examining the Duties of Officers and Due Diligence
(PDF:178K/11pages)
Neil F
oster

65.

“Thoughts, Feelings, Action”: Survey of Victorian Managers of Major Hazard Facilities
(PDF:143K/21pages)
Fiona Haines and Chris Platania Phung

64. Will The Rudd Federal Labor Government Abolish Key Legal Protections For Certain Exploited Vulnerable Workers?
(PDF:175K/15pages)
Michael Rawling
63.

Recent Developments in Personal Liability of Company Officers for Workplace Safety Breaches – Australian and UK Decisions
(PDF:378K/31pages)

Neil Foster

62.

The Industrial Relations of Sick Leave and Workers Compensation for Police Officers in Australia
(PDF:166K/40pages)

Robert Guthrie

61.

Harmonising Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in Australia: the First Report of the National OHS Review
(PDF:406K/40pages)

Richard Johnstone

60.

OHS Inspectors and Psychosocial Risk Factors: Evidence from Australia
(PDF:301K/32pages)

Richard Johnstone, Michael Quinlan and Maria McNamara

59.

Regulation and the Role of Trust: Reflections from the Mining Industry
(PDF:296K/28pages)

Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair

58.

A Responsive Sanction to Promote Systematic Compliance? Enforceable Undertakings in OHS Regulation
(PDF:480K/36pages)

Richard Johnstone and Michelle King

57.

Identifying and Responding to Warnings: The Case of Australia's Air Traffic Control Organisation
(PDF:184K/25pages)

Andrew Hopkins

56.

Responsive OHS Regulation in the Mining Sector
(PDF:150K/18pages)

Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair

55.

Multiple OHS Inspection Tools: Balancing Deterrence and Compliance in the Mining Sector
(PDF:158K/18pages)

Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair

54.

Factors Impinging on the Effectiveness of the Mines Inspectorate
(PDF:221K/17pages)

Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair

53.

Thinking About Process Safety Indicators
(PDF:232K/16pages)

Andrew Hopkins

52.

Organisational Restructuring/Downsizing, OHS Regulation and Worker Health and Wellbeing
(PDF:221K/31pages)

Michael Quinlan

51.

The Problem of Defining High Reliability Organisations
(PDF:113K/15pages)

Andrew Hopkins

50.

The CAMAC Report on Personal Liability for Corporate Fault – A Critique from the OHS perspective
(PDF:95K/9pages)
Neil Foster

49.

The Impact of the Gretley Prosecutions
(PDF:153k/20pages)

Andrew Hopkins

48.

Holding Corporate Leaders Responsible
(PDF:159K/18pages)

Andrew Hopkins

47.

Safety Decision Making in High Hazard Organisations at the Production/Maintenance Interface - A Literature Review
(PDF :336K/39pages)

Jan Hayes

46.

Safety, Security, Politics and Fact: Shaping the Regulatory Solution
(PDF:159K/18pages)

Fiona Haines

45.

Is the Australian Mining Industry Ready for a Safety Case Regime?
(PDF:185K/18pages)

Kathryn Heiler

44.

Studying Organisational Cultures and their Effects on Safety
(PDF:195K / 18 pages)

Andrew Hopkins

43.

A Corporate Dilemma:To be a Learning Organisation or to Minimise Liability
(PDF:151K/ 13 pages)

Andrew Hopkins

42.

Evaluating Mine Safety Legislation in Queensland
(PDF:187K/1 7pages)

Neil Gunningham

41.

Take Me to Your Employer: The Organisation Reach of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation
(PDF:278K/37pages)

Richard Johnstone and Therese Wilson

40.

An Evaluation of Certain Criticisms of the NSW OHS Act
(PDF:176K/15pages)

Andrew Hopkins

39.

The Gretley Coal Mining Disaster: Reflections on the Finding that Mine Managers were to Blame
(PDF:306K/30 pages)

Andrew Hopkins

38.

The OHS Regulatory Challenges Posed by Agency Workers: Evidence from Australia
(PDF:2719K/33pages)

Richard Johnstone and Michael Quinlan

37.

Safety Case Regulation for the Mining Industry
(PDF:383K/27pages)

Andrew Hopkins and Peter Wilkinson

36.

What are we to make of safe behaviour programs?
(PDF:234K/16pages)

Andrew Hopkins

35.

The missing link - regulating occupational health and safety support
(PDF:491K/39pages)

Liz Bluff

34.

Regulating Occupational Health and Safety in the Labour Market
(PDF:160K/20pages)

Richard Johnstone

33.

Safety Regulation and Mining Inspectorate - Lessons from Western Australia
(PDF:204K/15pages)

Neil Gunningham

32.

New Strategies for Safety Regulators: Beyond Compliance Monitoring
(PDF:212K/17pages)

Andrew Hopkins

31.

Best practice Rail Safety Regulation
(PDF:342K/24pages)

Neil Gunningham

30.

Motivating Management: Corporate Compliance with Safety, Health and Environmental Regulation
(PDF:228K/32pages)

Neil Gunningham, Dorothy Thornton and Robert A. Kagan

29.

Cotton, Health and Environment: A Case Study of Self-Regulation
(PDF:404K/33pages)

Neil Gunningham

28.

A Responsive, Contextual and Networked Approach to
Enforcing Safe Design of Plant
(PDF:203K/26pages)

Liz Bluff

27.

The Relationship Between 'Reasonably Practicable' and
Risk Management Regulation
(PDF:499K/45pages)

Liz Bluff and Richard Johnstone

26.

Reflection On Reforms: Developing Criminal Accountability For Industrial Deaths
(PDF:753K/96pages)

Andy Hall, Richard Johnstone and Alexa Ridgway

25.

Quantitative Risk Assessment: A Critique
(PDF:322K/25pages)

Andrew Hopkins

24.

Regulatory Strategies for the Safe Design of Plant
(PDF:292K/26pages)

Liz Bluff

23.

The Use of Infringement Notices in OHS Law Enforcement
(PDF:464K/19pages)

Liz Bluff

22.

Statutory OHS Workplace Arrangements for the Modern Labour Market (PDF:300K/35pages)
Richard Johnstone, Michael Quinlan and David Walters

21.

Regulating supply-chains to address the occupational health and safety problems associated with precarious employment: The case of home-based clothing workers in Australia
(PDF: 209K/ 24 pages)

Igor Nossar, Richard Johnstone and Michael Quinlan

20.

Systematic Management of Occupational Health and Safety
(PDF: 528K/ 66 pages)

Liz Bluff

19.

Regulating Safe Design and Planning of Construction Works
(PDF: 399K/ 36 pages)

Liz Bluff

18.

Improving Occupational Health & Safety Policy through Intervention Research
(PDF: 107K/ 12 pages)

Anthony D. LaMontangne

17.

Regulating the Psychosocial Issues in Changing Work Situations
(PDF:51K / 5pages)

Christina Engman

16.

Flexible Work and Organisational Arrangements - Regulatory Problems and Responses
(PDF:195K / 21pages)

Michael Quinlan

15.

OHS in Small Organisations: Some Challenges and Ways Forward
(PDF:285K / 32pages)

David Walters and Felicity Lamm

14.

Organisational Development and OHS Management in Large Organisations
(PDF:240K / 28pages)

Kaj Frick

13.

Thinking Laterally: Restorative and Responsive Regulation Of OHS
(PDF:125K / 14pages)

John Braithwaite

12.

Carrots and Sticks - Inspection Strategies in Denmark
(PDF:82K / 12pages)

Per Langaa Jensen and Jens Jensen

11.

From Fiction to Fact - Rethinking OHS Enforcement
(PDF:178K / 57pages)

Richard Johnstone

10.

Workplace Arrangements for OHS in the 21st Century
(PDF:267K / 29pages)

David Walters

9.

Principle, Process, Performance or What? New Approaches to OHS Standards Setting
(PDF: 643K / 42pages)

Liz Bluff and Neil Gunningham

8.

OHS Implications of Agvet Chemical Regulation
(PDF: 666K / 59pages)

Patricia Healy and Neil Gunningham

7.

Safety Culture, Mindfulness and Safe Behaviour: Converging ideas
(PDF:168K / 15pages)

Andrew Hopkins

6.

Safety, Courts and Crime
(PDF: 628K / 33 pages)

Richard Johnstone

5.

The Prevention of Occupational Injuries and Illness: The Role of Economic Incentives
(PDF: 444K / 27 pages)

Alan Clayton

4.

Regulatory Character and Regulatory Reform: Exploring the nexus between globalization and safety standards
(PDF: 324K / 28 pages)

Fiona Haines

3.

The Legal Concept of Work-Related Injury and Disease in Australian OHS and Workers’ Compensation Systems
(PDF: 804K / 48 pages)

Alan Clayton, Richard Johnstone and Sonya Sceats
This paper has also been published as an article (2002) 15(2) Australian Journal of Labour Law 105.

2.

Regulating Farm Safety: Towards an Optimal Policy Mix
(PDF: 260K / 15 pages)

Neil Gunningham

1.

The Legal Framework for Regulating Road Transport Safety: Chains of Responsibility, Compliance and Enforcement
(PDF: 316K / 17 pages)

Richard Johnstone

 

 

 

Research Publications

  1. The research report Workplace Stress in Victoria - Developing a Systems Approach, funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) as part of its Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan 2005-2007 explores links between work stress and broader health outcomes. VicHealth commissioned a University of Melbourne team, led by Associate Professor Anthony LaMontagne (a member of NRCOHSR's regulation research consortium) with Amber Louie and Tessa Keegel (also a consortium member) and with co-investigators Andrea Shaw (a consortium member) and Canadian researcher Associate Professor Aleck Ostry to investigate the effectiveness of using a 'systems' rather than an 'individualistic'  approach to address work stress. The resulting report offers compelling evidence that job stress is a substantial contributor to the burden of mental illness, cardio-vascular disease and other physical and mental health problems. More importantly, the report also outlines ways forward to address these issues.

  2. The full report and a summary of it can be downloaded from: http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/workplacestress

     

Previous seminar papers

  1. Prescription to Process: Convergence and Divergence in Health and Safety Regulation in Europe
    (PDF: 224K / 11 pages)

  2. Safety Cases: Success or Failure?
    (PDF: 216K / 11 pages)

  3. Regulatory Character and Regulatory Reform: Exploring the nexus between globalization and safety standards
    (PDF: 324K / 28 pages)


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