Decline in workplace safety inspections raises serious concerns | AnnaPattySMH
A sharp decline in workplace safety inspections and prosecutions has raised criticism of the state government regulator's "lax approach" to keeping workers safe.and other compliance activities for the 10 months until November. This compares to 42,582 so-called workplace safety "interactions" including inspections completed in the 2017/18 financial year.
Mr Morey said answers to parliamentary questions on notice had revealed that almost one in 10 positions within SafeWork NSW are vacant. He asked the Premier to look into what action was being taken to fill the vacant positions "to ensure that it can properly scrutinise workplace safety". "It is clearly already lacking the necessary resources to effectively prosecute offenders and prevent ongoing worker fatalities," Mr Morey said.scathing criticism of an independent reviewThe State Insurance Regulatory Authority commissioned external consultant Janet Dore supported by Ernst & Young actuaries to conduct anThe review revealed the return-to-work rate has plummeted from 96 per cent in 2016 to 73 per cent in 2019.
With fewer people available to inspect workplaces, there will be fewer inspections and, overall, a more lax approach to workplace safety.The State Insurance Regulatory Authority regulates icare, a NSW government insurer that provides workers compensation and care for employers and injured workers, primarily through contracted insurer EML.
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