Since then, directors are being placed in the firing line when it comes to work and safety issues. However, recently, following the introduction of the work health and safety legislation model, many “officers” have found themselves under the spotlight. After one worker was killed, an officer has been charged for the very first time.

Safe Work Australia is now suggesting and pushing for more amount of work to be done in order to improve safety among the workers involved in the trucking industry, after the release of reports which detail the number of fatalities that are truck-related.

Neither John Chambers nor Chad Wyatt had been members of the union since they started working at Somerton’s Super A-Mart warehouse. However, today, both of them are manning a protest outside the same business that employs them. These young members of the union are fighting outside for the kind of battle for workers’ safety and rights that numerous Australians may vaguely remember in the past. The whole story of their predicament is not just a throwback to the earlier times. Instead, it serves as a warning of the upcoming industrial conflict which is threatening to steer the Abbott administration.

WorkCover Tasmania has commissioned "Worker Assist" to be a service-funded entity to render assistance on work safety issues. Unions Tasmania primarily operates this and its main purpose is to help injured workers explore through Tasmania's workers compensation system. Worker Assist has been operational for around 18 months already. It proved to be helping many workers with different work safety issues.

Under the Fair Work Act, to discriminate someone who is pregnant is illegal. But in most workplaces, this discrimination happens often. Both workers and employers must be aware of their rights and obligations under the legislation.