The SA Workers Compensation Tribunal has overturned the rejection of a widow's claim, after WorkCover was unable to prove that walking and bending during road work did not contribute to her husband's fatal heart attack.
The NSW Supreme Court has ordered an employer to make a $75,000 interim payment to an injured worker, accepting that she was likely to succeed in a substantial damages claim and was in need of special assistance during the litigation process.
In a rare example of a union trying to mobilise institutional investors to improve a company's OHS performance, the TWU will put a raft of resolutions to Boral shareholders at its AGM next month.
WorkCover NSW seeking comment on MSD activity programs; $2.5m study to help reduce Defence injuries; WorkCover WA to focus on communication, return to work; Hilton workers stop over asbestos and intimidation; UK releases latest statistics on work-related ill health; WH&S Queensland issues new safety alerts; and WorkCover NSW to open new South Coast office.
The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld a $950,000 damages award for a garbage collector found unconscious on the road, despite there being no evidence about what occurred.
The AIRC has recommended the re-instatement of a worker sacked for failing a random alcohol test, after hearing the employer kept him in the same job for four months after the result without re-testing him.
The lack of defined inappropriate conduct in workplace legislation means bullies can have free rein in the workplace and employers are almost helpless to act, according to a leading workplace relations lawyer.
The NSW IRC has fined three companies and a director a combined total of more than $172,000 over an incident in which a worker had his legs crushed by a formwork platform.
