IRC upholds sacking for OHS breach; Offshore petroleum authority aims to improve safety; New OHS resource launched for young people; and WorkCover NSW seeking comment on code of practice and rehabilitation program report.
A South Australian tribunal has found an employer had no obligation to reimburse a psychologist for unnecessary services provided to an injured worker who had become suicidal.
A NSW Court of Appeal ruling has clarified for employers that they can recover the full amount of workers' compensation paid to injured workers as a deduction from subsequent common law damages payouts.
A Queensland court has rejected an injured worker's claim that his employer breached its duty of care by failing to instruct him on how to alight from a tractor.
The growing number of workers' compensation claims from labour hire employees has prompted the Victorian WorkCover Authority to launch a new project aimed at improving OHS in the industry.
In a blow to the Cole Royal Commission's bid to bring construction industry stakeholders together this week to improve OHS, the CFMEU has decided not to attend.
Blitz finds two-thirds of Vic construction sites non-compliant; "Community minded" textile manufacturer fined for lost finger; and Della Bosca launches new shearing safety guide in NSW.
A Victorian company has been fined $70,000 over an incident in which a worker's leg was slashed by a machine that had its safety mechanism immobilised.
