International
Workers’ Memorial Day is a day to remember those who have lost their lives at
work and a day to fight to do better to protect the health and safety of
current workers.
Tasmanian
Labor strongly backs Unions Tasmania’s renewed calls on the
Rockliff Liberal Government to introduce industrial manslaughter laws in
Tasmania.
Tasmania
is the last jurisdiction in the nation to introduce these critical laws, which
would greatly increase deterrence for employers not pulling their weight when
it comes to ensuring safe workplaces.
Every
worker deserves to come home safely, but with 87 work-related fatalities
recorded in Tasmania over the past decade we sadly know this isn’t always the
case.
Tasmania can do much better in protecting the lives of workers, and the Rockliff Government needs to introduce industrial manslaughter laws to pull us in step with the rest of Australia.
Sarah Lovell MLC
Shadow Minister for Workplace Relations
