UK guidance on preventing slips and trips in health care; Workers' comp fact sheets for GPs; Comcare guide to psychological injury liability; and Tasmanian information on electing safety reps.
The High Court has refused to grant a worker special leave to appeal a finding that his employer wasn't negligent in failing to provide him with counselling after exposing him to traumatic scenes.
The NSW Department of Education and Training has been fined $160,000 over a violent incident the NSW IRC found could have been prevented with adequate staffing levels.
An employee who sustained back injuries when he slipped outside the workplace has won more than $291,000 in damages, after a NSW court ruled that his employer should have ensured the surface was slip-resistant.
A new report urges the construction industry to use light-weight concrete blocks in order to reduce the "staggering" number of bricklaying sprain and strain injuries.
The UK's powerful union peak council has warned that screening employees for susceptibility to occupational illness or other hazards could be detrimental to workplace safety standards.
The AIRC has ordered Qantas to reinstate a baggage handler it was found to have unfairly sacked for workers' compensation fraud, despite the fact that he remains incapacitated for the job.
