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New workers' comp laws to benefit Victorian employers; Greens vow to continue fight for presumptive workers' comp laws; and Quad bike deaths and injuries increasing in Victoria.
In an inquest into the death of a worker, who was crushed between a loader and a ute, the Queensland Coroner has examined the challenges of preventing workers from becoming complacent about safety, and the steps two major employers took after the incident to reduce risks associated with mobile plant.
Managers can "dramatically" reduce workplace stress claims by improving performance management and removing "comfort zone itis" from workplaces, says Complex Consultancy Services CEO Graeme Alford.
An employer acted reasonably in giving a worker two days' notice to attend a counselling session following a bullying complaint, the AAT has found in rejecting the worker's psychological injury claim.
A storeman who was seriously injured when he was struck by heavy rolls of underlay, which fell from an incorrectly loaded truck, is likely to be awarded nearly $6 million in damages, after the NSW Supreme Court found two employers were equally liable for the incident.
Workers' comp fraudster receives suspended prison sentence; SISA winners announced as new NCSI board elected; and National workplace death toll climbs to 116.
A NSW employer that failed to ensure its workers inspected forklifts at another employer's site before using them has been fined $80,000, after a delivery driver was pinned between a faulty forklift and his truck.
A worker accused of serious safety breaches was unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, because he was not "solely responsible" for an incident that left a colleague injured.
With workplace incidents often resulting from multiple causes, many employers are, unknowingly, just one causative factor away from a serious incident occurring on their watch, according to WorkCover NSW's engineering advice coordinator.
