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An employer has been advised by the Fair Work Commission to assess backdated medical certificates on a case-by-case basis, before refusing to accept them under its enterprise agreement.

Workers in the clerical and retail industries lodged the most applications for stop-bullying orders in the first three months of 2014, according to the Fair Work Commission's first anti-bullying quarterly report.

A report on an ongoing investigation into a serious dozer incident caused by heavy rain has outlined three safety lessons for employers, while a UK study has identified ways to reduce the risks associated with inadvertently operating excavator controls.

An employer that ignored a worker's "clear signs of distress", and then told her she had to return to a role where managers bullied her, has been found liable for her psychological injury.

Breaching an employer's zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policy isn't always grounds for dismissal, according to the Fair Work Commission, which has found a worker who smoked marijuana the night before a ferry incident was unfairly sacked.

With the flu season now upon us, employers are being urged to adopt a two-pronged approach to encourage workers to get vaccinations to keep them fit for work.

Unsafe employer and workers' comp fraudster fined in Victoria; and Essential safety news from eight jurisdictions.

The Fair Work Commission should place little weight on workplace bullying investigations - when determining anti-bullying applications - unless it is satisfied the investigation was conducted "rigorously, impartially and independently", a leading employment lawyer says.

Employers should embrace rather than oppose safety-related union entry rights, because officials usually enforce the safety standards mandated by company policies, a union leader has said in response to Queensland's new WHS changes.

Employer fined for telling worker he would be sacked on 65th birthday; Many pregnant workers experiencing OHS discrimination; and Scaffolding and electrical notices issued in post-Barangaroo blitz.