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FRI

3:51PM

"Ethically reprehensible" and repeatedly aggressive manager loses adverse action and WHS claims

A "critical and insensitive" manager who routinely swore at his subordinates in an attempt to motivate them to meet purported "German demands" has lost his adverse action case, with a court finding his behaviour warranted instant dismissal and he wasn't the victim of WHS breaches.

Adverse action claims Termination Performance management Bullying Bullying and harassment Violence Workplace safety Jurisdiction (National) Jurisdiction (QLD) WHS decisions (National) Supervision

FRI

1:43PM

Fines doubled to $10m; Manslaughter changes flagged; more

Safety fines doubled to $10m under NSW asbestos Bill;
Industrial manslaughter promised ahead of Tas election;
Manslaughter jailings needed, says union after Vic fatality; and
Ten WHS Codes amended for GHS 7 in SA.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Asbestos Dangerous substances Duty holders Jurisdiction (TAS) WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (TAS) Fatalities Jurisdiction (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Equipment and plant Jurisdiction (SA) WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (SA)

FRI

11:32AM

Food strategy combats brain fog in hazardous industry

Eating badly can be as bad for workers' alertness and safety outcomes as sleep deprivation, according to a leading dietitian who urges employers to "make the healthy choice the easy choice" in workplaces.

OHS management case studies Health and mental wellbeing Injury prevention Workplace safety Jurisdiction (National) Fatigue

THU

3:55PM

Staff ratios examined in latest safety case involving kids

Another employer has been fined for workplace health and safety breaches affecting children, with its failures including not maintaining a safe supervision ratio of employees to customers.

Duty holders Work at heights Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Supervision

THU

12:55PM

Tick-and-flick anti-harassment exercises damaging workplace health and safety efforts

Disingenuous attempts by companies to curb s-xual harassment in response to increased attention on the matter are damaging the chances for change, according to the latest instalment of a landmark Australian study.

Bullying and harassment Workplace safety Jurisdiction (WA) Authority/inspectorate (WA) Injury prevention Health and mental wellbeing Supervision Duty holders Remote work Shift work Psychosocial issues WHS - research & reports Bullying

WED

3:45PM

Broderick to review compliance with positive safety duty

Former Federal S-x Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has been tasked with shifting her focus to a new sector and ensuring employers are complying with their positive duties to prevent harassment and protect the safety of staff.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (QLD) Jurisdiction (National) Injury prevention Health and mental wellbeing Bullying and harassment Duty holders Psychosocial issues

WED

2:09PM

Judge reveals reasoning in first work manslaughter case

The full written reasons for Victoria's first workplace manslaughter conviction have outlined four key differences between the case and Australia's first industrial manslaughter prosecution in 2020. They also show the defendant's director should not have moved a forklift "another inch" until he was fully aware of the location of a pedestrian worker.

Fatalities Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) Jurisdiction (QLD) WHS decisions (VIC) Duty holders Young/inexperienced workers

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

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