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A Victorian employer that directed an incompetent truck driver to conduct a hazardous unloading task has been ordered to pay the "lion's share" of another worker's $1.3 million damages bill.
Three safety regulators have outlined how to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries, choose the right respirator when working with harmful contaminants, and prevent Legionnaires' disease at work facilities.
A NSW employer and a director have been found guilty of failing to train a worker - who sustained serious burns - to safely handle chemicals, after a judge rejected their claim that this wasn't part of her duties.
An employer's decision to verbally counsel a worker, who unintentionally contributed to a colleague's injuries and destroyed a $1.2 million truck, was appropriate and reasonable, according to the Fair Work Commission.
An HR manager acted unreasonably in failing to gauge whether a worker was able to continue with a surprise two-hour meeting, during which the worker was bombarded with allegations of bullying and harassment, the ACT Supreme Court has found.
Encouraging employees to socialise out of hours is good leadership practice, but employers should reconsider whether such encouragement extends to "kicking on" into the night, a Fair Work Commissioner has said in an unfair dismissal dispute.
The Victorian Magistrates Court has rejected a manager's claim that his psychological injury arose from being overworked and bullied by managers, finding he sustained it after he was suspended for abusing colleagues.
Employers are being urged to apply higher-order hazard controls wherever practicable, after a new Safe Work Australia report found that more than three in five workers are regularly exposed to multiple hazards associated with occupational diseases.
