A major employer that took adverse action against an injured worker, before demonstrating a "disturbing level of recalcitrance" in a string of proceedings on the matter, has been fined and ordered to compensate the worker.
A recent $436,000 injury damages case shows how important it is for employers to proactively look for and deal with signs of worker distress, employment and WHS lawyer Donna Trembath says in this Q&A with OHS Alert.
An employer breached its duty of care to a worker in encouraging her to take on a client with a known history of substance abuse and violent behaviour, who s-xually assaulted her, a superior court has found.
A coronial inquest into the death of a worker, which led to the WHS prosecution of a young colleague, has found a safety regulator failed to test the veracity of their employer's claim that the colleague had received an adequate induction and mentoring.
The first entities charged with reckless conduct under the South Australian WHS Act have failed to restrain the Royal Queensland Show from refusing to accept their inspection certificates for rides.
An injured worker has failed to convince an appeal court that his employer was negligent in failing to train him on how to replace a specific piece of pipework containing caustic solution.
An employer has been found vicariously liable for a manager bullying and overworking an employee, and ordered to pay the employee $436,000 in damages for a psychiatric injury.
