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FRI
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FRI
3:54PM

WHS notices top $1m; Charges laid; Disconnect law tweaked

  • WHS notices reach $1m after judge's referral;
  • Employers charged over deaths at mental health unit and nursery; and
  • Right-to-disconnect laws tweaked to avoid criminal proceedings.

FRI
2:08PM

HSRs' powers boosted and safety discrimination banned in highly hazardous sector

The powers of elected health and safety representatives and protections against safety discrimination in the offshore sector have been stepped up and aligned with those in WHS laws, in a Bill introduced some six years after a parliamentary inquiry warned the changes were needed to combat a "culture of fear and reprisal".


THU
3:57PM

Larger safety fines for big companies flagged by review

The sentencing regime for workplace health and safety offences could be amended to ensure penalties have a "real economic impact" on large companies, and to enable imprisonment for more types of offences, under changes flagged by Victoria's Sentencing Advisory Council.



FRI
3:50PM

WHS Bill enables conduct aggregation, boosts penalties

Provisions enabling the "aggregation of conduct" are being added to the ACT's WHS laws to deal with offences like reckless conduct, hindering inspectors and supplying incorrectly labelled chemicals, under a Bill that also significantly increases WHS penalties.


THU
12:17PM

WHS risks addressed through agreed disconnect laws

Workers will be protected from the health and safety risks associated with "availability creep" and excessive hours through the right to "refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact, or attempted contact, from an employer" outside of working hours, under agreed legislative changes.


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3:27PM

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