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Injured worker's wife convicted of workers' comp fraud; Repeat OHS offender fined $70k; NSW releases void-safety video as Queenslander dies in fall; and Asbestos detected in mining product.
The anti-bullying application that led to a finding that the Fair Work Commission could consider pre-2014 incidents in such cases has been dismissed because the applicant's employer isn't a constitutionally-covered business.
An employer has been found guilty of breaching Queensland's mirror WHS Act in a case, according to a leading safety lawyer, that demonstrates how important it is for companies to challenge questionable prohibition or improvement notices.
Injured workers' weekly compensation can only be recalculated and reduced based on their superannuation entitlements if they have actually received those benefits, a full Federal Court has confirmed.
Employers need to contact employees who work alone or in remote locations at the start of, during and at the end of shifts, as a number of recent safety tragedies have shown, says WorkSafe WA director Joe Attard.
A Queensland employer that spent nearly $450,000 on improving its health and safety following an incident has committed a further $230,000 to "safety and resilience" training and other initiatives, as part of an enforceable undertaking.
