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A Federal Court judge has fined a Rio Tinto subsidiary $35,500 for taking adverse action against a health and safety committee nominee, and stressed the employer had "no right to interfere" with the committee election process.

A worker who failed to mention some of his previous injuries on a pre-employment medical form - which he was required to fill out on his transition from casual to permanent employment - was unfairly sacked, Fair Work Australia has found.

Worker with cancer allegedly sacked for sick-leave request; Cheap safety strap would have averted $42k fine; Hierarchy of controls must be followed for height work; and Safety reviews urged after work deaths and amputation.

A former Wilderness Society worker's claim that he was bullied by the organisation's executive director has been dismissed, after the Tasmanian Supreme Court upheld a decision that his complaint was "misconceived and lacking in substance".

An employer that "responded swiftly" to a worker's complaint of s-xual harassment by a manager was not vicariously liable for the manager's actions, the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has found.

A NSW scientist who took 21 months off work due to "widespread musculoskeletal pain" has had her unfair dismissal claim rejected, after the IRC found her employer took reasonable steps to accommodate her limitations.

Workplace bullying victims and witnesses in Victoria are being encouraged - on the first anniversary of the introduction of Brodie's law - to "take a stand", while the federal inquiry on bullying has heard, in Perth and Adelaide, that the problem is rife among younger workers.

A Commonwealth employee who was punched by a co-worker during a coffee break has had his arm-injury claim rejected, after the AAT found the break was not part of his employment.

First-aid fraudster loses adverse-action claim; Tasmania to extend compensation limitations for asbestos victims; and Younger men among increasing mesothelioma death toll.

A NSW worker who was "forgotten" by his employer for 29 months has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected, after Fair Work Australia found he couldn't meet the inherent requirements of his job because of a neck injury.