A NSW employer has been fined $250,000, after the Industrial Court found its failure to ensure an operator knew how to secure a stationary vehicle resulted in the death of a newly employed labourer.
Two employers have been ordered to pay $2.3 million in damages to a worker who suffered extensive injuries when he fell through scaffolding that had been tampered with.
Employers are obligated under OHS laws to become aware of and comply with the Australian Standards that apply to their operations, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed in fining a business owner over a go-kart death.
A Victorian business owner, who threatened to dissolve his workers in acid, has been fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $50,000 in costs. Also in this article, a decision to reinstate a hospital worker, who was sacked after slapping a patient, has been overturned on appeal.
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