Browsing: Right of entry


WED
2:28PM

Court clarifies level of detail needed in WHS permits after managers delay follow-up safety inspection

Two company managers' needless insistence that a union official clarify the particulars of his WHS entry permit was a "gossamer-thin" justification for delaying his safety inspection, a court has found in a scathing ruling reiterating the practical purpose of permits.


MON
12:56PM

WHS rule didn't require official to be "escorted": full Court

A full Federal Court has partially overturned a ruling made against a union and an official accused of refusing to comply with a worksite's WHS requirements, finding the site's rules only required the official to be "accompanied" rather than "escorted".


FRI
3:00PM

WHS amendments introduced, as every targeted PCBU fails WHS compliance test

Provisions for health and safety representatives and entry rights could be amended by a new Queensland WHS Bill, while a WHS blitz has found that every targeted business in one industry was breaching its health and safety obligations.



MON
12:30PM

IRC examines right to documents under WHS entry laws

A union investigating suspected violence- and workload-related WHS contraventions failed to comply with requirements of the WHS Act and Regulation when it sought employee records while exercising its entry rights, a commissioner has found.



TUE
12:30PM

Official fined for "dangerous" breach of escorting policy

The Federal Court has highlighted the important WHS function of escorting entry permit holders around sites, in handing penalties to a union and one of its officials for right-of-entry breaches.


THU
11:17AM

Employer and managers misrepresented safety-entry rights, judge clarifies WHS provision

A court has criticised the poor WHS knowledge of an employer and its managers, finding they unlawfully forced union officials to provide a new right-of-entry notice in order to inspect a suspected safety breach they observed while investigating another safety issue.




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