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WED

12:21PM

Personality clash and "resulting friction" not bullying

A supervisor did not bully a remote worker by closely monitoring his performance, a commission has found in denying the worker stop-bullying orders.

Remote work White-collar work Performance management Bullying Bullying and harassment Workplace safety Jurisdiction (National) Jurisdiction (WA) WHS decisions (National) Supervision

TUE

3:42PM

Director acquitted of due diligence breaches

A court has found a PCBU guilty of WHS breaches after a worker was hit by a forklift, but ruled its failure to separate forklifts and pedestrians was not a failure directly linked to its director's due diligence duties.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Duty holders

TUE

1:51PM

WHS duty holders breach obligations to kids

In the latest of a recent series of WHS prosecutions involving failures affecting vulnerable people like children, a teacher based in another country has been sentenced over the deaths of two teenage students in Australia.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (QLD) Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (QLD) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (QLD) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Duty holders Fatalities

TUE

10:48AM

Q&A: WHS regulator likely to target performance and misconduct management after review

The recent major review of a safety regulator should prompt employers to adopt a "two birds, one stone" mindset for managing their health and safety and human resources practices, a senior safety lawyer says.

Performance management Workplace safety Workers' compensation Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Duty holders Psychosocial issues

MON

3:25PM

Anti-vaxxer seeks "dodgy doctor" and loses injury claim

A worker who claimed her employer bullied and demoralised her for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine has lost her psychological injury case, with a commission finding her commitment as an anti-vaxxer motivated her to "invent exaggerated symptoms".

Coronavirus, COVID-19 Psychological injuries Bullying and harassment Bullying Workers' compensation Jurisdiction (NSW) Workers' comp decisions (NSW)

MON

2:14PM

Delayed harassment complaint; Ladder charges; and more

Delayed harassment complaint highlights WHS duties;
Alleged ladder breaches lead to death; and
WHS duty holders relying too much on harnesses.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (ACT) Authority/inspectorate (ACT) Bullying and harassment Psychosocial issues Duty holders Jurisdiction (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Work at heights Fatalities Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW)

MON

12:37PM

Improvement-notice process not satisfied prior to death

A PCBU has been handed a pre-discount WHS fine of $400,000, after a worker was fatally struck on the head while performing maintenance work on a machine at a site that was subject to multiple improvement notices.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Equipment and plant Fatalities Duty holders

FRI

3:44PM

Scheduler sentenced for recklessness after four deaths

A workplace supervisor has been sentenced for recklessly allowing a drug-affected truck driver to drive and kill four police officers, but cleared of allegations he would have known the driver was in an unfit state just by looking at him. He was originally charged with four counts of manslaughter.

Fatalities Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Supervision Duty holders Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) Jurisdiction (National) WHS decisions (VIC) WHS decisions (National)

FRI

1:33PM

Council fails, again, to halt double-drowning prosecution

A PCBU has lost its last-resort bid to block its WHS prosecution over the drowning deaths of a father and son, with a superior court describing its latest jurisdictional challenge as an "unacceptable fragmentation of the criminal proceeding".

Fatalities Duty holders Workplace safety Jurisdiction (QLD) WHS decisions (QLD) Authority/inspectorate (QLD)

FRI

11:57AM

Employer fined $545k for fire failings and ignoring notices

An employer has pleaded guilty to 16 safety breaches and been hit with $545,000 in fines, including over fire safety failures that led to staff using a flammable liquid and cardboard instead of a fire extinguisher to put out a fire on a machine and on two workers.

Dangerous substances Equipment and plant Duty holders Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC)

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