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MON

2:01PM

Legal rep allowed in order to accelerate bullying case

The Fair Work Commission will allow an employer to be represented by a lawyer in an anti-bullying case to speed up the process, but has rejected its alternative claim that its managers and the alleged bullies are incapable of representing the company or themselves.

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MON

11:54AM

Manual handling injury caused by breach of OHS Regs

An employer has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $560,000 in damages, after the Victorian County Court found it failed to alter its system of work for a manual handling task.

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FRI

3:51PM

Psych injury arose from unreasonable recruitment process

A worker who suffered a psychiatric injury when she was turned down for a promotion has been awarded workers' compensation, after the AAT found her manager - who held her in "very low regard" - should have been excluded from the recruitment process.

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FRI

11:41AM

How do you respond to a s-xual harassment complaint?

The $130,000 Oracle s-xual harassment case shows that "well-intentioned but unskilled attempts" to respond to workers' complaints can cause as much damage as harassment itself, according to a lawyer.

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THU

3:58PM

Inquiry calls for better work emergency-response plans

The independent inquiry into the Hazelwood Coal Mine fire in Victoria earlier this year has called for the mine operator and other employers to upgrade their emergency response and communication strategies.

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THU

2:37PM

Heavy lifting taking toll on both young and older workers

Workers aged under 44 with physically demanding jobs are more likely than older workers in similar roles to claim workers' compensation for musculoskeletal injuries, suggesting employers should keep younger workers in mind when introducing safety interventions, Australian researchers have found.

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WED

11:30AM

Forklift driver with cannabis habit unlikely to quit drugs

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.

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TUE

3:40PM

Worker who was punched at work party denied damages

Two companies that owed a worker at a work Christmas party a duty of care aren't liable for injuries he sustained when he was assaulted, the Queensland Supreme Court has ruled.

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TUE

2:30PM

Govt urged to eliminate project safety "cracks"; and more

Calls to eliminate major-project safety "cracks"; and NSW employer and director fined over amputation after interlock disabled.

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TUE

11:53AM

Employer wins battle in ongoing passive-smoking dispute

An employer that was the last of a series of companies to employ a worker before she developed lung cancer, which was possibly caused by passive smoking at work, has won a temporary reprieve against a lump sum compensation order.

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