Workers who receive little support from colleagues and managers are twice as likely to develop "significant depression symptoms", and far more likely to take sick leave, a new Safe Work Australia-commissioned report has found.
A worker who claimed he was doing nothing more than defending himself when he became involved in a fight with a colleague has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected, after the Fair Work Commission found he "flogged" the colleague.
Graphic video ad campaign encourages young workers to speak up on safety; SWA guide provides tips on avoiding armed hold-ups and other cash-related risks; and Qld issues rural safety advice and amusement alert after five-year-old injured.
A Queensland employer has been ordered to pay nearly $370,000 in damages to a worker who was injured while demonstrating a technique for dealing with aggressive people.
A Tasmanian electrician who lost two teeth in a punch-up on a work trip has failed in his bid for workers' compensation, after a tribunal found he started the fight.
The International Labour Organisation is marking International Women's Day today by calling on employers to do more to eliminate s-xual harassment - an "often subtle and disturbing form of aggression" that increases absence rates and affects productivity.
WA employer fined for notification breach and drum explosion; Missing locking pin leads to work fatality; and Northern Territory introduces seven-year jail terms for assault of workers.
A Victorian worker, who was assaulted by a youth while he was employed to dress up as Santa Claus at a shopping centre, has been denied damages in a unanimous Court of Appeal decision.
