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Employers can take numerous steps to ensure their workers are safe and act appropriately at end-of-year celebrations, and are being reminded of cases that show the consequences of failing to do so.

The CFMEU has questioned how a Grocon subsidiary can be fined just $250,000 over three deaths when the union was fined $1.25 million for "speaking out" on safety issues, while Federal Employment Minister Eric Abetz has accused the union of being "pro-drugs" on Victorian building sites.

The Australian Drug Foundation has found that three per cent of workers have sustained an injury after drinking too much at a work function - a figure that shows injuries or other incidents that expose employers to claims are highly probable at any work Christmas party.

A national employer has been given the go-ahead to conduct confirmatory urine drug and alcohol tests on workers who fail saliva tests, after a five-member Fair Work Commission full bench quashed a Deputy President's decision on the issue.

An employer might have prevented a worker's death if it ensured its maintenance regime covered vehicle modifications, and cracked down on alcohol consumption at work, an ATSB investigation has found.

An employer has successfully appealed a decision requiring it to reinstate a worker who was sacked for failing a drug test after crashing a ferry.

A worker who claims he was unfairly tested for drugs and sacked - less than three weeks after telling his manager he was trying to kick his cannabis addiction - posed an "unmanageable" safety risk to his employer, the Fair Work Commission has found.

A Qantas employee who failed to change her notorious drinking habits was fairly sacked for turning up to an airport drunk, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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An employer is liable to compensate a worker who was seriously injured at a private party at its premises, after the NSW WCC found its director encouraged her to attend by asking if she would be there.