A Victorian employer that was fined $100,000 over a contractor's death has failed to convince the Court of Appeal it had delegated, and therefore discharged, its safety obligations.
WorkCover NSW urges height safety after more serious falls; South Australian employer fined after mobile phone fall; Queensland mines getting safer with more audits and fewer deaths; and WorkSafe Victoria hosting harmonisation sessions.
A Victorian worker should not have been permitted to perform heavy manual-handling work alone and without mechanical assistance, the Supreme Court has found, in awarding him more than $1,000,000 in damages.
Victorian workers' compensation disputes could drag on for longer if an employer wins its High Court bid to challenge a medical panel's findings, according to a "harassed" worker's lawyer.
Employers' s-xual-harassment policies could be policed by safety-like inspectors under new equal opportunity legislation, according to a DLA Phillips Fox report.
Employer fined $100K over insulation death; Unsafe employer ordered to donate $30K to charity; Safety condition placed on Longford operation; and Unions lying about safety in recruitment drive, says AMMA.
In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the last three months of 2010. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
Patrick Stevedoring has been fined $180,000 for discriminating against a worker who raised a health and safety issue, but the employer insists it has significantly improved its systems since the incident and supports "all safety improvement endeavours".
In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the third quarter of 2010. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
