Browsing: Holiday workers


FRI
2:30PM

WED
2:34PM

High Court clears employer of liability for drunken act

The High Court has quashed a ruling that a company is vicariously liable for the injury-causing act of an intoxicated employee urinating on a sleeping colleague in an accomodation facility.


THU
12:47PM

Heat risks underscored by workplace fatality prosecutions

Employers have been reminded of two WHS prosecutions over a heat-stroke death, and of the need to conduct frequent weather-related risk assessments, with temperatures soaring in parts of Australia this week.



FRI
11:33AM

Holiday worker surprised with high-risk task

In a case providing an important reminder of the extra risks faced by vulnerable workers, like those from overseas, a PCBU has been convicted and fined over the significant fall injuries sustained by the holder of a working holiday visa.


MON
2:39PM

Employer fined $400k after investigation reveals induction failures and previous unreported injury

A PCBU has been convicted and fined $400,000, after an investigation into an amputation incident revealed a series of safety failings, including that an induction video did not show a task as it was performed in practice.



WED
3:54PM

Heat-fatality inquiry follows two prosecutions

A European holiday worker, whose heat stroke death in Queensland resulted in two WHS prosecutions, was neither acclimatised to the area nor provided with adequate opportunities to escape from the sun, a coroner has found.


MON
10:26AM

PCBU addresses language barriers in WHS undertaking

A PCBU will translate a range of WHS materials to prevent communication breakdowns and risks among non-English-speaking workers, and contribute $50,000 to a regulatory campaign, after it was accused of WHS breaches resulting in glass falling on a public street.



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