Browsing: Drugs and alcohol


WED
10:46AM

Manager jailed over four deaths, fatigue reviews needed

Employers that operate heavy vehicles have been "challenged" to review and overhaul their fatigue management systems, after a company's national operations manager was sentenced to three years' jail for recklessness that led to the deaths of four police officers.


THU
3:06PM

National manager faces jail in quadruple fatality case

A senior company executive has been found guilty of recklessness and faces jail, in the latest case involving the deaths of four police officers in a road incident caused by a drug-affected truck driver.


WED
3:30PM

Cocaine sacking was unfair, employer accused of failing to learn from previous drug judgments

Sydney Trains has been: ordered to reinstate a worker dismissed for testing positive to cocaine metabolites after returning from leave; and censured for failing to learn from previous criticisms of its approach to enforcing its drug and alcohol policy.



THU
1:59PM

Record $2.31m recklessness fine follows four deaths, sends safety warning to company officers

Company executives must ensure systems are in place to deal with non-compliance with safety requirements and those systems are properly monitored, a regulator has stressed after an employer was handed a record recklessness fine relating to the deaths of four police officers.


MON
3:05PM

Stay on top of workplace medicinal cannabis issues

Lawyers have urged companies to keep on top of emerging evidence on the effects of medicinal cannabis on workers and testing regimes, outlining a wide range of challenges in this area. Meanwhile, Victorian stakeholders have just weeks left to contribute to a parliamentary inquiry into workplace drug tests.


MON
12:30PM

Pub-assault injuries not causally linked to service, High Court test not relevant to claim

A worker who was assaulted and suffered a serious brain injury, while on a winery tour during a "short absence" from his employment, has been denied compensation, with a tribunal rejecting his claims around being encouraged to take leave and consume alcohol.





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