News: HSW
Wellbeing health checks
The University Health Practice (Unicare) in collaboration with University of Adelaide have made available Wellbeing Health Checks for all continuing, fixed-term and casual staff members.
Revised FAQs - Air & health monitoring
The information on the Chemical Safety Management Air and Health Monitoring FAQ has been revised.
Revised FAQs - Hot work
The information on the Hot work FAQ has been revised.
National Safe Work Month - two weeks to go!
There are only two weeks to go until National Safe Work Month – Work Health and Safety through COVID-19.
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New wellbeing framework, newsletter and website launch
The Health, Safety and Wellbeing team are pleased to launch the new wellbeing framework!
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Safe Work Australia updates transition to GHS Revision 7
Safe Work Australia has extended the start date for the transitional period towards adopting the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Revision 7 to 1 January 2021.
[Read more about Safe Work Australia updates transition to GHS Revision 7]
SA enforces exposure limit for respirable crystalline silica
SafeWork SA implemented a reduced workplace exposure limit (WEL) for respirable crystalline silica on 1 July 2020.
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Action calendar - Self-Care September 2020
No-one's perfect. But so often we compare our insides to other people's outsides. This month Action for Happiness is encouraging everyone to be kinder to themselves (as well as others), especially when things go wrong. Self-care increases our resilience and helps us get more out of life. It also helps us accept others as they are too.
[Read more about Action calendar - Self-Care September 2020]
New online information session - Report a safety issue (UniSafe)
A new online information session has been uploaded to the HSW website.
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HSW Handbook and Broken Links - update
The HSW team has further amended broken links within handbook chapters, FAQs and associated documents.
