On 04.22.12, In Risk management, by Geoff Buck
One of my valued clients has contacted all of her landlords and vendors who have swimming pools and or spas. The response to her letter has been very positive and is an excellent example of pro active risk management and OHS. She advised her clients to view , www.buildingcommission.com.au and download a copy of the [...]
VICTORIA Police are investigating serious fraud allegations against a former Property manager at a large Melbourne agency, who has been accused of misappropriating more than $560,000 from clients of the public company. The property manager alleged to have siphoned money from property owners using a network of fake contractors, according to affidavits in a [...]
APRIL 02, 2012 ARTICLE 7 OF 24 Sacked worker too short and too young CLAY LUCAS CAN you lose a job for looking too young, or being too short? Not lawfully – but that didn’t stop a Melbourne real estate agent using them as reasons for dismissing a casual employee. Sarah Kershaw, 160 centimetres tall [...]
On 04.01.12, In Risk management, by admin
A new safety App. has been developed by the Morcombes,parents of murdered teenager Daniel Morcombe. It features a panic button that alerts two nominated contacts vis SMS of the user’s exact location.The App. also includes a function for recording suspicious activity. Available through ITunes @ 99c.
Worksafe has an excellent handout that all staff should receive. It focuses on inspection safety and the correct procedures to protect you and your staff from unwarrented and unwanted personal attention. The website is www.worksafe.vic.gov.au Go to “Search” on the top navigation bar and type in ‘ real estate’. The document to download is ‘Property [...]
A FRENCHMAN is suing Google for making him the laughing stock of his village after the firm’s Street View service put on the internet a picture of him urinating in his garden, his lawyer said overnight. “He discovered the existence of this photo after noticing that he had become an object of ridicule,” lawyer Jean-Noel [...]
The Victorian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a multi-million-dollar compensation payout for people affected by a methane gas leak at Cranbourne in Melbourne’s south-east. More than 750 homeowners from the Brookland Greens estate sued the City of Casey and the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) after they were forced from their houses because [...]
Consumer Affairs Minister Michael O’Brien has put Victorian estate agents on notice about underquoting buyers after a leading Bentleigh agent was found guilty of 11 counts of deliberately underquoting buyers.Minister O’Brien stated,” This is a warning to the real estate industry that any business suspected of misleading price advertising will find themselves under close scrutiny.” [...]