Stakeholder Reference Group - Employers s1

Stakeholder Reference Group Thursday 29 November 2012 2.00pm- 4.00pm WorkSafe Victoria Level 7, 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

Chair Bernie Dean Minutes Megan O’Halloran

Participants Barry Durham (VCEA), John Darcy (MBAV), David Amesbury (ACCV), Tracey Browne (Ai Group), Phil Lovelock (VECCI) Rod Tresidder (MPMSAA), Barry Sherriff (PCA) Patrick D’Alessandri (VACC), Stefan Delaney (SIAV) and Tony Lopez (HIA)

Apologies Cathy Butcher (VTHC), Carl Marsich (CPSU/SPSF), Kathy Chrisfiled (ANF), Janet Marshall (AEU), Grant Odgers (HACSU), Steve Rocco (PTEU), Sarah Ross (AMWU), Georgie Kimmel (AMWU), Percy Pillai (AWU), Renata Musolino (VTHC), Chris Giblin (PTEU), D Tuddenham (ETU), Kimberley White (RCSA), Gerry Ayres ( CFMEU), Gayle Burmeister (NUW), Michael Clarke (TPA), James Cox (SDA), Megan Davison (MCA), Gwynnyth Evans (AMIEU), Patricia Murdock (VFF), Geoff Pawsey (MAV), Kathryn Walton (PCIA), , Carol Bullivant (AI Group), Peter Verberne (ACMC), Wendy Mc Inerney (Shell), Amy Towers (RCSA) Paul Burgess (NECA) and Jody Beckwith (CCF).

Attendees Cath Duane, Melinda Collinson, Steve Gosbell and Angela Jolic

No. Item 1. Welcome The chair opened the meeting and welcomed attendees. Minutes of previous meeting (24 October 2012) Minutes of previous meeting were accepted without amendment Actions arising from previous meeting (24 October 2012) 1. WSV to e-mail Barry and Cathy to confirm the status of manual Improvement Notices. Completed; Krystle Shirreff met with Barry and Cathy on 29 November to confirm all manual improvement notices being issues during the industrial action are legally valid and will all be entered into Fieldlink post industrial action. 2. WSV to e-mail Barry and Cathy the ER review. Completed; email sent to Barry and Cathy on 30 October. 3. WSV to e-mail Barry and Cathy the preliminary recommendation of the Codes Review project, including links to the Codes asking stakeholders for feedback on the priorities by mid-November 2012. Completed; email sent to Barry and Cathy on 31 October. Actions arising from previous meeting (27 September 2012) 1. WSV to provide further information about the strategy behind updating the website. Completed; update provided at SRG on 29 November 2012. 2. WSV to reconvene the manual handling reference group. Completed; Reference Group reconvened on 13 December 2012.

2. Marketing update Steve Gosbell, Director Marketing, provided an update on WorkSafe’s website. Steve provided information on: - The current client experience when using WorkSafe’s website versus the client expectations;

No. Item - changes WorkSafe have made and continue to make to incrementally improve the website; - WorkSafe’s future plans and direction for the website including an outline of the changes and timelines. Stakeholders agreed there are problems with the current website but felt positive about the future plans that were outlined. Stakeholders made other suggestions for WorkSafe to consider in their web strategy, including a greater use of ‘apps’ and guidance material being available both in pdf and text format. Stakeholders queried why the Prosecutions Results Summaries database was still not up on the web. Action1: WSV to check on progress of the review of online Prosecutions Results Summaries database.

3. Legislation Policy and Information Service Update Angela Jolic, Manager Stakeholder and Communication (LPIS) advised the group the Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations will come into effect on 1 December 2012; noting the review of the Codes of Practice will now be a key priority for LPIS. Public Comment for the Codes of Practice will commence in February 2013, with any comments ahead of the official public comment period welcome. An update was also provided on the National OHS forums and the Regulators in Harmonisation Project.

4. Prevention Strategy Update Megan O’Halloran, Manager Prevention Strategy, Planning & Research, updated the group on WorkSafe’s intention, in response to Caple’s review into HSRs, to re-design the HSR 5-day training package using SWA learning outcomes; plus WorkSafe’s plans to develop its own 5-day HSR training package providing external training providers with the option to use WorkSafe’s ‘off-the-shelf’ training package instead of designing their own. Action 2: WSW to provide a breakdown of the type of registrations being received on the HSR portal Bernie Dean, General Manager Prevention Strategy, provided project updates on dangerous machines, residential aged care, small business consultants and the stress guidance. An overview was also provided on the findings of David Caple’s inquiry into how people commonly go about identifying and assessing when manual handling poses an OHS risk to workers and the currency and utility of existing material available on manual handling.

5. Meeting Close at 4.00pm

Action items from 29 November 2012 meeting No. Action items Who By when/ Status

1 WSV to check on progress of the review of online Prosecutions Results KD February 2013 Summaries database. 2 WSV to provide a breakdown of the type of registrations being received MOH February 2013 on the HSR portal.

Outstanding action item from 24 October 2012 meeting No. Action items Who By when/ Status

1 WSW to e-mail Barry and Cathy the Dangerous Machines media pack BD Before next SRG

Next meeting

Date 28 February 2013 Time 2 – 4 pm Level 7, 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

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