A project manager has been fined for refusing to allow a union official to consult a worker on an alleged WHS breach relating to the use of a single dogman for multi-storey crane work.
Ensuring employees who prepare risk assessments have the necessary expertise is one of five important lessons from a recent inquiry into the death of a man at a festival, according to a health, safety and security lawyer.
Elected health and safety representatives do not have an "overarching" right to decide which training course to attend under the model WHS Act, as claimed by a union and a misleading SafeWork NSW guide, a commission has ruled.
Employers have been urged to take psychological risks as seriously as other workplace hazards, after an audit found that few mining operations properly consult with workers on mental wellbeing strategies.
Some employers find it difficult to involve workers in health and safety processes or investigate safety incidents because they perceive WHS laws as too complex, a new Safe Work Australia report has found.
An OHSS lawyer has outlined the circumstances in which employers can rely on the safety expertise of contractors, and warned against getting the "wrong idea" about two major judgments quashing OHS convictions.
The organisation that recently became the first entity to be fined under the consultation provisions of the model WHS Act failed to check whether a host employer was qualified to provide an apprentice with on-the-job experience, SafeWork SA's charge sheet shows.
A not-for-profit organisation that assigns apprentices to host employers has become the first entity to be convicted for breaching the consultation provisions of the model WHS Act.
Safety managers can take three steps to reduce premiums through WHS management, and convince company accountants of the value of prevention strategies, according to a Clyde & Co lawyer.
A sacked worker's $46,000 award has been quashed by a Fair Work Commission full bench, which found his unsuccessful attempt to report a serious safety issue to a supervisor lacked diligence.
