Browsing: Coronavirus, COVID-19



THU
2:25PM

Reasonable-action case can't defeat slow-onset claim

While changing a worker's driving routes during the COVID-19 pandemic might have constituted reasonable management action, it was not the sole cause of the driver's adjustment disorder, an appeals commission has ruled, in upholding an earlier finding that the driver is totally incapacitated.


THU
1:01PM

Qantas fails, again, to block WHS discrimination case

Qantas has failed in its second attempt to stay proceedings, which include alternative charges, involving its alleged discriminatory conduct against an elected health and safety representative in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.



WED
11:57AM

Fatality inquiry identifies common causes, examines manslaughter laws and calls for new WHS Codes

Simple "how to" WHS Codes of Practice will be developed under an accepted recommendation from a major inquiry into a spike in agricultural fatalities, which identified risks created by COVID-19, unsuitable imported machinery and industrial manslaughter laws.


THU
2:12PM

Work-from-home set-up injures white-collar worker

An employee who failed to complete his employer's "working from home" checklist, during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been awarded compensation, with a tribunal ruling his unergonomic home office set-up significantly contributed to his right shoulder injury.


FRI
12:38PM



FRI
11:47AM

WHS Bill passes without proposed COVID vaccine clauses

A Bill banning insurance against WHS penalties in the Commonwealth jurisdiction, and "lowering the bar" for safety convictions, has passed both houses of Parliament without amendment, despite one colourful senator describing it as "sneaky" and "dangerous" legislation, and others calling for provisions blocking vaccine mandates.


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