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WED

11:37AM

Injury Bill passes under "accounting trick" deal

A controversial Bill cutting injured workers' benefits in Victoria has passed Parliament under a deal that will freeze employer premiums for at least a year.

Workers' compensation Jurisdiction (VIC) Workers' comp legislation, regulations, standards and codes (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Workers' comp premium/levy news (VIC) Psychological injuries

TUE

3:33PM

Achieve WHS compliance through proper work design

Determining and comparing how "work is really done" with how it is "imagined" in safety documents is key to designing work with minimal psychosocial risks of burnout and stress, according to new regulatory guidance.

Psychosocial issues Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Health and mental wellbeing Injury prevention Duty holders Consultation

TUE

12:59PM

COVID abuse among bully's safety contraventions

A company director who bullied a subcontractor for four years, and abused him for raising safety concerns to do with the COVID-19 pandemic, has been convicted of workplace health and safety contraventions.

Bullying Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Supervision Contractors Duty holders Psychosocial issues Bullying and harassment Stress Violence Psychological injuries Coronavirus, COVID-19

FRI

1:35PM

WHS procedures failed to cover schedule changes

A PCBU has been handed a pre-discount fine of $200,000, after two people entered an explosion's exclusion zone, and one of them was forced to dive behind a vehicle to avoid flyrock.

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

FRI

1:03PM

Safety warning issued ahead of national ban; Safety and RTW winners announced; and more

Employers warned against unsafe rushing ahead of stone ban;
Employer that boosted HSR numbers among Vic safety winners; and
Safety awards open in WA.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Dangerous substances Duty holders Injury prevention Return to work and rehabilitation Workplace safety representatives Jurisdiction (WA) Authority/inspectorate (WA)

THU

2:56PM

WHS procedures lacking for frequent job problem

A PCBU has been fined over a fatality that was caused, in part, by the inadvertent activation of a body-worn remote control for a machine.

Fatalities Equipment and plant Workplace safety Jurisdiction (QLD) WHS decisions (QLD) Authority/inspectorate (QLD) Duty holders Shift work Supervision

WED

3:55PM

Qantas to pay $21k to HSR; Work pressures cause injuries

Qantas agrees to pay $21k in ongoing WHS discrimination case; and
Disconnect laws highlighted on release of mental stress numbers.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Workplace safety representatives Discrimination Coronavirus, COVID-19 Jurisdiction (National) Authority/inspectorate (National) Psychological injuries Stress Health and mental wellbeing Injury prevention Workers' compensation Workers' comp - research & reports

TUE

2:15PM

Second major assessment of WHS regulator slams slow response to emerging WHS risks

A major review of a WHS regulator has been quickly followed by a highly critical audit, which found the regulator lacks effective strategies for dealing with emerging WHS threats, and took about eight years to "actively and sufficiently respond" to the dangers of engineered stone.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Dangerous substances WHS - research & reports

MON

2:15PM

Man charged over death enters $380k WHS EU

A business partner has successfully applied to commit $380,000 to WHS initiatives to avoid being prosecuted over the death of a worker in an exclusion zone that wasn't physically marked.

Fatalities Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Enforceable undertakings (NSW) Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Duty holders

MON

12:25PM

Payments blocked for work-related RSI from 1985

A worker who claims she suffers from pain arising from an accepted work-related repetitive strain injury (RSI) sustained four decades ago has been denied compensation for ongoing medical treatment.

Workers' compensation Jurisdiction (National) Workers' comp decisions (National) Authority/inspectorate (National)

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