Western Australia's proposed mirror WHS laws for the resources sector should include a duty of care at worker accommodation facilities, suicide-specific provisions and a special Code of Practice that addresses rosters, fatigue and bullying, the parliamentary inquiry into FIFO arrangements has recommended.
Employers must do much more than provide OHS materials in multiple languages to ensure the safety of immigrant workers, the UK's Trades Union Congress says. Meanwhile, a Sydney University researcher is calling for employers to reduce the "mental strain" faced by workers from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Victorian agencies must do more to stamp out occupational violence in the healthcare sector, and ensure it's properly recorded, with current incident data describing punches and attempted strangulations as "mild" or "near miss", the State Auditor-General has found.
A worker who repeatedly refused to shave his goatee to ensure his PPE fit properly was fairly dismissed, even though he offered to provide his own alternative protection, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Negative psychosocial safety climates are significantly related to workers suffering musculoskeletal disorders and claiming workers' compensation, Australian researchers have found.
Workers with hand-arm vibration syndrome who are exposed to workplace noise suffer greater hearing loss than workers who are exposed to noise but don't have the syndrome, Canadian researchers have found.