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THU

12:55PM

Tick-and-flick anti-harassment exercises damaging workplace health and safety efforts

Disingenuous attempts by companies to curb s-xual harassment in response to increased attention on the matter are damaging the chances for change, according to the latest instalment of a landmark Australian study.

Bullying and harassment Workplace safety Jurisdiction (WA) Authority/inspectorate (WA) Injury prevention Health and mental wellbeing Supervision Duty holders Remote work Shift work Psychosocial issues WHS - research & reports Bullying

TUE

3:42PM

Director acquitted of due diligence breaches

A court has found a PCBU guilty of WHS breaches after a worker was hit by a forklift, but ruled its failure to separate forklifts and pedestrians was not a failure directly linked to its director's due diligence duties.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Duty holders

TUE

1:51PM

WHS duty holders breach obligations to kids

In the latest of a recent series of WHS prosecutions involving failures affecting vulnerable people like children, a teacher based in another country has been sentenced over the deaths of two teenage students in Australia.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (QLD) Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (QLD) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (QLD) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Duty holders Fatalities

TUE

10:48AM

Q&A: WHS regulator likely to target performance and misconduct management after review

The recent major review of a safety regulator should prompt employers to adopt a "two birds, one stone" mindset for managing their health and safety and human resources practices, a senior safety lawyer says.

Performance management Workplace safety Workers' compensation Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Duty holders Psychosocial issues

MON

2:14PM

Delayed harassment complaint; Ladder charges; and more

Delayed harassment complaint highlights WHS duties;
Alleged ladder breaches lead to death; and
WHS duty holders relying too much on harnesses.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (ACT) Authority/inspectorate (ACT) Bullying and harassment Psychosocial issues Duty holders Jurisdiction (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Work at heights Fatalities Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW)

MON

12:37PM

Improvement-notice process not satisfied prior to death

A PCBU has been handed a pre-discount WHS fine of $400,000, after a worker was fatally struck on the head while performing maintenance work on a machine at a site that was subject to multiple improvement notices.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Equipment and plant Fatalities Duty holders

FRI

1:33PM

Council fails, again, to halt double-drowning prosecution

A PCBU has lost its last-resort bid to block its WHS prosecution over the drowning deaths of a father and son, with a superior court describing its latest jurisdictional challenge as an "unacceptable fragmentation of the criminal proceeding".

Fatalities Duty holders Workplace safety Jurisdiction (QLD) WHS decisions (QLD) Authority/inspectorate (QLD)

FRI

11:57AM

Employer fined $545k for fire failings and ignoring notices

An employer has pleaded guilty to 16 safety breaches and been hit with $545,000 in fines, including over fire safety failures that led to staff using a flammable liquid and cardboard instead of a fire extinguisher to put out a fire on a machine and on two workers.

Dangerous substances Equipment and plant Duty holders Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC)

THU

2:02PM

Antarctica prosecutions dismissed in practicability ruling

An appeals court has upheld the acquittals of two PCBUs charged over the hypothermia death of a helicopter pilot, confirming that the "cascading" series of WHS measures they allegedly failed to adopt were not reasonably practicable.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (National) Jurisdiction (ACT) WHS decisions (National) WHS decisions (ACT) Authority/inspectorate (National) Fatalities Duty holders Remote work

WED

1:58PM

Qantas fined $250k for WHS discrimination in scathing judgment with warning for other PCBUs

A judge has highlighted the critical roles elected health and safety representatives play in achieving the objectives of WHS laws, and making it feasible for PCBUs to comply with their consultation duties, in fining a Qantas subsidiary for "shameful" WHS discrimination.

Workplace safety representatives Discrimination Coronavirus, COVID-19 Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Injury prevention Consultation Duty holders

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