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The High Court has quashed a ruling that a company is vicariously liable for the injury-causing act of an intoxicated employee urinating on a sleeping colleague in an accomodation facility.

Developing a roster-matched sleep schedule, planning transitions to days off and using napping as a tool, are among 18 new "guidelines" for shift workers developed by Australian researchers to address unique challenges overlooked by traditional advice.

A worker has unsuccessfully challenged the outcomes of his return-to-work grievances, with a commission finding there was no evidence he was provided an unsafe workplace or his employer should have launched an investigation into his bullying and harassment complaints.

A PCBU that responded to a WHS regulator's notice by implementing safety devices, but later removed them, has been fined $100,000 over an amputation incident. The same regulator has issued an alert after a similar incident that killed a worker.

A worker has been granted interim stop-bullying orders creating communication restrictions and blocking disciplinary actions against her, with a commissioner expressing "genuine concern" for her safety in the absence of orders.

In this major must-read report, OHS Alert examines all the key workplace health and safety and workers' compensation developments from the second quarter of 2023, including a wide range of actual and proposed WHS amendments, a string of high-profile safety prosecutions, and concerns around surging burnout rates.

A company has been fined $1.2 million for dozens of breaches of the Heavy Vehicle National Law, after it was found to have "encouraged" drivers, through its remuneration structure, to disregard their fatigue obligations nearly 200 times in a five-week period.

• Young worker's hand amputated after drop-saw incident;
  
• Queensland worker fatally crushed in tractor roll-over; and
  
• Angle grinder incidents on the rise.

An employer has failed, on a second appeal, to argue that a flaw in its misconduct investigation did not render the entire process unreasonable and cause it to be liable for a worker's psychological injury.

• WHS regulator offers tips for controlling harassment risks;
  
• WHS Bill affecting parliamentarians passes in ACT; and
  
• Workplace safety laws aligned to address lead (Pb) risks in Qld.