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A Western Australian employer failed to comply with a Code of Practice on workplace violence and bullying when investigating complaints made against a supervisor, and then unfairly dismissed the woman, the State IRC has found.

Direct supervision is critical to ensuring hazardous work is undertaken in the correct sequence, the NSW IRC has found in fining an employer $270,000 after a worker's leg was amputated.

Employers warned to be wary of OHS induction fatigue; and Decision to withdraw job offer to injured man costs employer more than $40,000.

Secure employment and improved working conditions are key to reducing the staggering impact that mental illness among young men has on workplace productivity, a new report suggests. Also in this article, workers are being urged to "butt out" for World No Tobacco Day today.

The Federal Government will consider developing national legislation, similar to Victoria's Brodie's law, during a parliamentary inquiry into the "scourge" of workplace bullying.

The ACT Greens have urged the Government and employers to do more to stamp out workplace bullying, after a survey found the problem was widespread and often went unreported.

A RailCorp manager who won about $100,000 at Australian and overseas poker tournaments while on sick leave was rightly sacked, a tribunal has found in dismissing, as "problematic", his claim that the "adrenalin" of poker improved his psychological health.

A WorkSafe ACT investigation into bullying complaints made by employees of the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) has provided employers with valuable insight into why workplace bullying occurs and what they should do to eliminate it.

An employer whose two directors impulsively dismissed a manager for taking sick leave has been ordered to pay more than $115,000 in fines, compensation and costs.

A novel WorkSafe Victoria experiment - inspired by a famous 1960s study on World War II - has highlighted the detrimental effect productivity-obsessed supervisors can have on workplace health and safety.