Annual report [1997-98] - Family Court of Australia

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The Family Court of Australia – annual report 1997-98 Occupational health and safety The Court conducted a Quality of Working Life Survey in 1997-98. This led to a number workplace planning sessions where interested staff used the survey information to develop local initiatives to improve their working environment. The results, to be implemented in 1998-99, will enable staff to become further involved in Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) improvements. Office/registry managers and OH&S representatives also carried out inspections on all workplaces, with reports from these used for ongoing improvement. The Court has 14 designated work groups with elected OH&S representatives and six deputy representatives. Measures taken in 1997-98 to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of Court employees and contractors include the continuing OH&S committees which meet regularly throughout the year to monitor health and safety issues and procedures, maintaining the Employee Assistance Program, organising ergonomic inspections of workplaces and individual workstations, providing eye tests, maintaining first aid officers and equipment at all locations, and developing policies specific to the Court’s requirements. Test and investigations undertaken in 1997-98 ■ Regular legionella testing on all properties in accordance with the legislation. ■ Full technical assessment on one existing property (Launceston) and two proposed properties (Townsville, Canberra). ■ Annual property inspection by the Court’s agent KFPW on all leased properties to check compliance with Commonwealth and industry accommodative standards – all defects found were promptly rectified. ■ AS1428 compliance review regarding access and modifications for people with a disability. ■ Review of all properties to determine impact of the Millennium Bug on building services systems (for example lifts and air conditioning) was commenced and should be completed early in 1998-99. There were no Provisional Improvement Notices issued under s47 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act. Comcare Australia conducted a Planned Workplace Investigation on Brisbane Registry. The resulting recommendations, which included continuation of training programs and increasing staff awareness of manual handling processes and injury prevention, were put into effect. Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences reported under s68 of theOccupational Health and Safety(Commonwealth Employees) Act 1991 to Comcare are as follows: Incident NSW ACT VIC SA QLD NT TAS Body stress 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 Mental stress 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Falls, trips and slips 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 Hit by moving object 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 Back injury 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Electricity 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 12 1 3 5 5 0 1 61
The Family Court of Australia – annual report 1997-98 Industrial democracy The Family Court is committed to the principles and practice of industrial democracy. The Court adheres to an Industrial Democracy Plan (recently revised to incorporate the requirements of the Workplace Relations Act 1996) and promotes the use of formal industrial democracy processes and consultative arrangements at all levels in decision making and planning. The Court encourages managers to apply the principles of industrial democracy and participative decision making in the workplace through the consultative mechanisms covering all staff. The National Consultative Committee which is chaired by the Chief Executive Officer meets every four months. This committee has equal representation from the Family Court and the Community and Public Sector Union and deals with national strategies and procedures as well as monitoring the implementation of the Industrial Democracy Plan. The committee is supported by local committees at the area and registry levels. Staff Equity, Occupational Health and Safety, Human Resource Development, Organisational Change, Security and Information Technology sub-committees to the National Consultative Committee were all active throughout 1997-98, dealing with issues such as health and safety policies in the workplace, structural change in the workplace, staff equity policies, procedures and staff equity strategies, continued work on the draft Court Security Manual and the finalisation and implementation of the Corporate Information Technology Plan (CITP). The Equal Employment Opportunity sub-committee changed its name during year to the Staff Equity sub-committee. 62
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