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A union and two of its officials have been fined a total of $151,200 for refusing to provide entry permits on a $5.4 billion project, deliberately beaching the project's WHS requirements, and making patronising and homophobic slurs to a safety advisor.

• SWA finalises model WHS Code on psychosocial hazards;
  
• OHS Code on tackling language barriers released in Vic; and
  
• Silica advice and revised WHS Codes issued in ACT.

Exposure to physical and psychological forms of workplace mistreatment increase insomnia time in workers, a study has found, clarifying why bullying from colleagues can be more "shattering" than stressors like client-perpetrated violence.

A superior court has rejected an employer's claim that a commission-appointed medical assessor failed to properly evaluate the impact an alleged bullying victim's pre-existing psychological issues had on her level of impairment.

An appeals commission has upheld a bullied worker's compensation claim, rejecting his former employer's argument that he was barred from running a case related to psychological injuries.

A commission president has rejected an appeal from Bunnings Group Ltd, upholding the finding that it unreasonably pressured a worker to take a transfer and aggravated her psychological conditions following the death of her mother and cousin.

Employers will soon be required to proactively take steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and adopt new procedures for managing psychosocial risks, under new legislation committed to by the Federal Labor Government.

• Adverse action Bill exceeds $2m after worker "destroyed"; and
  
• Employer fined over two amputation incidents in two months.

• Stop-workplace-harassment regime commences in WA; and
  
• Company fined for dozens of fatigue contraventions.

In a case involving a manager who was psychologically "destroyed" by her CEO, the Federal Court has ruled that the NSW Workers Compensation Act does not cap her access to damages under the Commonwealth Fair Work Act.