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The new allegations of inappropriate workplace behaviour by Federal cabinet ministers have underscored the need for employers to recognise that workers might be victims of s-xual harassment even where there are no complaints, according to a senior lecturer in law.

A principal contractor has been found guilty of WHS breaches resulting in the death of a worker crushed by an unrestrained object, after unsuccessfully arguing the obligation to maintain safety in the relevant work area fell to a specialist subcontractor.

• Vic retains remote-work rules, expands workers' comp pilot; and
  
• WHS regulator "alarmed" by need to issue 58 notices.

• Model WHS Regulations amended ahead of GHS transition;
  
• PCBU fined $100k over child's collision injuries in Qld;
  
• All older tower cranes inspected too late in WA; and
  
• SA PCBU contravened WHS clause covering MEWPs.

Supply chain transport safety prosecutions are starting to trickle through Australia's courts, putting businesses and their officers on notice to ascertain what due diligence means for their transport activities, a webinar has heard.

• Workplace forced by govt to close for COVID-19 breaches; and
  
• New WHS Minister and safety chief announced in ACT and Tas.

The principles of NSW's new WHS Code of Practice for managing psychological risks could be applied nationally and lead to prosecutions of employers that fail to prevent mental harm, leading WHS lawyers have warned.

A worker who fell through a workplace roof while investigating a malfunction, which he noticed while driving past the site outside of his normal hours, was not contributorily negligent, a court has found in awarding him nearly $1 million in damages for his injuries.

An employer that accused an injured worker of workers' comp fraud has been ordered to pay the man $350,000 in damages, with a judge finding it negligently failed to implement a safe system for a frequently repeated task.

Returning to work safely during the pandemic requires workplace plans covering three areas, a workplace health and safety lawyer says.