A worker has been awarded workers' compensation for a mosquito-borne disease, after a tribunal found her employer induced her to stay in the shoddy accommodation where she was bitten by the insects.
Employers must "empower" workers to choose not to answer their mobile phones while driving if they feel it is unsafe to talk on a hands-free device, or that pulling over is too risky, according to a road safety expert.
The HSEQ manager behind an award-winning injury prevention program has outlined six questions that employers must address before their safety systems can be effective.
A manager has been refused workers' compensation for injuries sustained at a client's social event, after a tribunal found his attendance wasn't required by his employment.
ABC TV presenter Dr Maryanne Demasi has been refused workers' compensation for a broken hip sustained while jogging, after a tribunal rejected her claim that the incident occurred "during an ordinary recess" in her employment.
The wife of a man killed in a work-related car crash has been refused workers' compensation, after a tribunal found the man was a de facto company director rather than a "worker".
PricewaterhouseCoopers will depart from a traditional office environment, and create a workplace that encourages workers to get up from their desks and move around, at its new Sydney headquarters.
A young worker was electrocuted in an "unsafe and dangerous" workplace overseen by a CEO who was ignorant of WHS laws for residual current devices (RCDs), a coronial inquest has found.
An employer that failed to identify the need to both electrically and mechanically isolate a machine for a maintenance task has been fined for safety breaches, after a worker's legs were amputated below the knee.
