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.
OHS shortcuts reduce business saleability, lawyers warn; Two more model Codes of Practice take effect; and Funds injected into workplace suicide-prevention program.
FIFO miner dies from drug not detected in urine tests; Esso fined for another OHS breach at Longford; ACT business owner fined for assaulting OHS inspector; and NSW workers' comp fraudsters ordered to repay money.
Employers have been advised to educate shift workers on cardiovascular problems to stop early manifestations of disease, after a Canadian study of more than two million people found shift work is linked to heart attacks and strokes.
A worker who was denied procedural fairness when he was terminated from his employment has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected, after Fair Work Australia found he had acted recklessly prior to a car accident.
"Funky" initiatives involving yoga and herbal tea have been a key part of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's successful health and wellbeing program.
An anti-bullying tool has been developed by WorkCover NSW to help employers eradicate the "$100 million" workplace problem. Also in this article, the NSW Government has injected $1 million into research to reduce the high quad-bike-related fatality rate.
A spate of work-related suicides and rising stress rates have prompted the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and other international bodies, to call on employers to continue investing heavily in OHS, for both ethical and economic reasons.
