Toll Group reveals six-step response to s-xual harassment complaint; Vigilance urged in Queensland after report points to high work death rate; and Major ACT inquiry prompted by construction deaths commences.
A former Australian Taxation Office employee, who posted 28 letter bombs and was then jailed for nearly a decade, has won his 20-year battle for workers' compensation.
Dozens of Australian employers are tackling worker absences through KPIs and wellbeing programs, according to Direct Health Solutions, whose latest survey has found the telecommunications and utilities sector has the highest sickies rate.
A Western Australian worker who was sacked after being on sick leave and leave without pay for 30 months has won his unfair dismissal claim, after the State IRC found his absence was "authorised".
Employers are being encouraged to pledge their support for a new national anti-racism strategy, and improve their legal compliance and competitive advantage in the process.
Employers that improve workplace communication and provide supervisors with training on mental health are effectively tackling stress, Japanese researchers have found.
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.
FWA full bench dismisses Endeavour Energy's urine-test appeal; Control measures outlined after Victorian trench collapse; Western Australian inspectors investigating machinery death; WA and Queensland regulators issue fatality and fatigue alerts; and NT Coroner recommends load-cover requirements after road death.
The ACT will become the "work safety capital of Australia" under a plan to crack down on psychosocial hazards and provide levy-funded health and safety training, according to the Greens.
