Source: Illawarra Mercury

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A new study evaluating the risk of developing asthma as a result arising from occupational exposures has found a significant association between exposure to latex over a number of years and new-onset asthma.

The study of 792 Tasmanian workers was conducted Hoy et al of Monash University.  It is reported in Australia, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Volume 55, Issue 3, March 2013.  

Unions are angry at Coalition leaked documents that show four key WorkChoices policies - that the Australian public clearly voted against - would be resurrected if the Coalition wins government in September.The documents reveal four of the 15 industrial relations policies the Coalition says it is planning to implement. These include:

Dodgy employers who try to bypass Australian laws and workers’ rights by importing a powerless workforce should face harsh penalties. Temporary visas such as 457 and 456 are for skills shortages not as a scheme to bypass the rights and conditions of these vulnerable workers.A case to be heard today in the Federal court alleges Hong Kong-based company Pocomwell Limited hired four Filipino men to work on WA oil rigs where they were paid $US900 a month while working 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

Changes to the superannuation system announced today by the Federal Government are a long-overdue step which will make superannuation fairer and more sustainable, the ACTU said today. ACTU President Ged Kearney said that the Keating Government and the union movement introduced superannuation to provide low-to-middle income workers with a comfortable retirement - not as a system of tax planning for the wealthy. 

Source: SafetyAtWorkBlog