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A worker who was seriously injured after positioning himself in a "pinch point zone" was fairly dismissed for safety breaches, Fair Work Australia has found.
A supervisor who was discovered resting in a pre-start room with a "fatigued" co-worker was rightly demoted for breaching his employer's "napping guidelines" and putting the safety of others at risk, Fair Work Australia has found.
A Western Australian employer failed to comply with a Code of Practice on workplace violence and bullying when investigating complaints made against a supervisor, and then unfairly dismissed the woman, the State IRC has found.
Direct supervision is critical to ensuring hazardous work is undertaken in the correct sequence, the NSW IRC has found in fining an employer $270,000 after a worker's leg was amputated.
Secure employment and improved working conditions are key to reducing the staggering impact that mental illness among young men has on workplace productivity, a new report suggests. Also in this article, workers are being urged to "butt out" for World No Tobacco Day today.
The Federal Government will consider developing national legislation, similar to Victoria's Brodie's law, during a parliamentary inquiry into the "scourge" of workplace bullying.
The ACT Greens have urged the Government and employers to do more to stamp out workplace bullying, after a survey found the problem was widespread and often went unreported.
A RailCorp manager who won about $100,000 at Australian and overseas poker tournaments while on sick leave was rightly sacked, a tribunal has found in dismissing, as "problematic", his claim that the "adrenalin" of poker improved his psychological health.
