by Fair Farms | Feb 8, 2022 | Articles
Using a labour hire provider (LHP) does not mean that labour laws don’t apply to your business. Far from it! If the LHP you use does the wrong thing by its workers, then your business could be liable. The main areas of risk relate to workplace health and safety (WHS),...
by Fair Farms | Feb 8, 2022 | Articles
September 2021 | Fruit & Vegetable News magazine Dark shades of green splashed with bright, glossy reds stretch out on tables under the warm winter sun. It’s strawberry season at Stothart & TSL Family Farms near Caboolture, where progressive management...
by Fair Farms | Feb 8, 2022 | Articles
September 2021 | Fruit & Vegetable News magazine Don’t pay the price with your life: focus on electrical safety In July, a worker on a pineapple farm in Queensland tragically lost their life after a harvester hit overhead power lines. Each year too many farm...
by Fair Farms | Feb 8, 2022 | Articles
May 2021 | Fruit & Vegetable News magazine Around the country the topic of sexual harassment has been a common theme recently. According to the Australian Human Rights Commission, 72 per cent of Australians over the age of 15 have experienced sexual harassment in...
by Fair Farms | Feb 8, 2022 | Articles
March 2021 | Fruit & Vegetable News magazine Growcom’s Fair Farms program, which supports growers in proving their commitment to fair wages and decent treatment of the labour force in the horticultural industry, has started to gain ground with the number of...
by Fair Farms | Feb 8, 2022 | Articles
January 2021 | Fruit & Vegetable News magazine As the weather warms up heat stress presents a more insidious and dangerous hazard each day. Over the last 120 years, heat has killed more Australians than any natural disaster. Recently, the risks of heat became...
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