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Safe Work Australia has confirmed it will almost certainly dump the model Code of Practice on workplace bullying in favour of a guide, but prominent safety lawyer Barry Sherriff notes that under the WHS Act, a guide has a similar evidentiary status, in practice, as a Code.
Two NSW business owners have had their fines for obstructing and intimidating WorkCover inspectors more than doubled on appeal, after an Industrial Court full bench found the original fines didn't match the gravity of the offences.
A Telstra worker who spent 18 months sitting on uncomfortable chairs, before her employer finally provided her with an ergonomically suitable one, has been awarded workers' compensation. Also in this article, a Queensland worker has failed to prove a manual lift caused his heart attack.
BHP Billiton was right to sack three workers for lying during an investigation into safety breaches, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting the workers' unfair dismissal claims.
Electronic fatigue diaries improve safety, but privacy issues raised; NHVR reviewing disaster-inquiry recommendations; Two work deaths linked to forklift attachments; and Safety rebate program expanded to cover bigger NSW businesses.
Employers in the road transport sector could be required to inspect vehicle brake pads weekly, under one of 25 recommendations made by a coronial investigation into Victoria's Kerang train disaster and other level-crossing fatalities.
The mother of a catastrophically injured Tasmanian worker, who was assessed as having a 70 per cent whole person impairment after being diagnosed as being in a "vegetative state", has been awarded nearly $290,000 in workers' compensation on behalf of her daughter.
