A regulator has rejected a PCBU's bid to enter a WHS undertaking in lieu of prosecution, after finding the business's alleged breaches could have caused a double fatality, and some of the proposed undertakings appeared to be projects it should implement anyway.
A union and its OHS advisor, who abused a safety inspector attempting to discharge his duties at a worksite, engaged in conduct in the "worst category of cases" of hindering or obstructing a person, a court has found.
The World Health Organisation has outlined low-cost measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus within workplaces or to travelling employees, while the Australian Government has initiated its coronavirus emergency response plan, which includes provisions for healthcare and border workers.
A regulator has been formally asked to investigate claims that Deliveroo committed the serious WHS offence of discriminatory conduct, in allegedly failing to allocate jobs to a worker because of his involvement in negotiations to set up work groups and elect health and safety representatives.
An employer's anti-s-xual harassment training failed to deter harassment because it didn't convey the seriousness of the conduct, a full court has found in a vicarious liability case.
Australia is unlikely to harmonise presumptive laws for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder and other injuries, but the Federal Government has provided in-principle support for a coordinated national approach to the issue, and could make presumptive provisions under the Comcare scheme.
A PCBU that sent a series of emails to a subcontractor urging it to accelerate works, and threatening it with financial consequences if it failed to do so, has been fined for exposing four site neighbours to the risk of death or serious injury.
Biased beliefs of what types of trauma cause "legitimate" suffering is blocking public safety workers like first responders from seeking help for mental health problems, researchers have found.
A manager who resigned after being accused of breaching mobile plant safety rules was not forced to quit, a commission has found, stressing that initiating the show cause process was the legitimate action of an employer complying with its WHS obligations.
