All employers should be aware that increases to National Minimum Wage and minimum award rates will be applied from the first full pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2022.
Scaffold stairs are typically 1.5m vertically in height and when constructed for a scaffold with 2m lift heights, can create an issue with the final step height from the scaffold stair on to the working platform
In October 2021, a worker fell approximately 3.5m from a scaffold bay extension platform (hop up) onto a scissor lift at a construction site, sustaining serious injuries.
Police said a woman has died after a typhoon led to a scaffolding collapse in Hong Kong on the morning of Friday, October 8, with eight people rescued at the scene.