AUSTRALIA Workers Comp Safety Program

Focusing primarily on cost containment, Workers' Comp Kit® presents a broad array of topics useful to employers in the United States and Canada. However, since workers' compensation is worldwide we like to include workers' comp issues in other countries. And, since prevention is always the best way to reduce workers' comp costs, we want to provide some education to our clients. New South Wales Focusing on Worker Safety New South Wales (Australia) SW Finance Minister Joe Tripodi said 42 of the State's largest employers will assist 100 small businesses improve safety and productivity in the 2009 WorkCover Mentor Program. Now in its third year, the Safe Business is Good Business Mentor Program allows small businesses to gain industry-specific advice from large employers on how to meet their workplace safety, injury management and workers' compensation obligations. "More than 260 small businesses have taken part in the mentor program since 2006. We have seen a 20% increase in participation this year," Tripodi said. "The program has been expanded to include retail, consumer services, community services, transport and agriculture industries as well as the successful construction and manufacturing industries. Around 70 percent of mentee businesses in the current intake are from regional areas across New South Wales, with the remainder from across the Sydney metropolitan area." (workersxzcompxzkit) Tripodi indicated workplace injuries in New South Wales are at their lowest levels in two decades, commending the 42 mentor organizations for their commitment to passing on their expertise to enable small businesses to develop greater capacity to further reduce the risk of injury. Author Robert Elliott, executive vice president, Amaxx Risks Solutions, Inc. has worked successfully for 20 years with many industries to reduce Workers' Compensation costs, including airlines, health care, manufacturing, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. He can be contacted at: Robert_Elliott@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com or 860-786-8286.

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