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A worker injured in an employer-provided cabin is entitled to workers' compensation, a tribunal has found. However, it also found that the cabin wasn't his place of employment.

An industrial court has averted an avalanche of quashed convictions, in rejecting an employer's claim that all WHS prosecutions launched in South Australia in a three-year period were invalid.

• Workers warned against Friday "sickie"; and
  
• Anti-bullying advice, safety alerts and guides issued in four states.

• OHS-style duties announced for environment laws in Vic;
  
• Company and director fined over forged asbestos reports; and
  
• "Fit notes" now mandatory in SA.

One of Australia's oldest employers will establish a complaints resolution unit, staffed by professional mediators, to tackle workplace bullying and harassment, after committing to all recommendations of an equal opportunity review.

• ABCC-restoration laws pass with major amendments; and
  
• Fatality, heat and other warnings issued in three jurisdictions.

An employer that was recently penalised for forcing a victim of domestic violence to resign has now been fined nearly $150,000 (including costs) for seven OHS breaches, including failing to provide clean drinking water. Meanwhile, a business owner has been fined for abusing a WHS inspector.

Individuals could lose the protection against self-incrimination in the WHS Act in South Australia, with a mandatory review examining whether the unique provisions of the State's mirror Act adversely affect its operation.

In separate decisions, a workers' comp tribunal has ruled on new suitable employment laws, and found an injured worker wasn't obliged to authorise his doctors to speak to a regulator.

• Top 10 non-compliances for dangerous goods;
  
• Overhaul of dangerous goods laws launched in SA;
  
• Extended anti-violence laws protect frontline workers in Tas; and
  
• NSW issues safety fact sheets and alert.