Western Australia will retain a separate dangerous goods safety Act after it introduces mirror WHS laws, but will consolidate its six sets of dangerous goods regulations into an "omnibus" package, the State Government has announced.
An employer has been fined for failing to ensure a first-year apprentice, who was injured when an oil drum exploded, was aware of the dangers of using an angle grinder around solvents.
The Queensland IRC has found that workplace "cliquiness" doesn't necessarily constitute bullying and harassment, in rejecting a worker's psychological injury claim.
An employer will spend $625,000 on a web-based induction platform and other safety initiatives as part of the first enforceable undertaking accepted under the ACT's mirror WHS Act.
Chronic pain affects one in three people and has a "profound" impact on the workplace, but a major study of nearly 35,000 workers has found that supervisors who create trusting environments can significantly reduce recurring pain among subordinates.
The FWC has dismissed an anti-bullying application in another case involving an alleged victim whose employment was terminated after applying to the Commission.
The Queensland IRC has found that lifting heavy boxes for just 10 minutes was more than enough time to cause a worker's back injury, and has ordered his employer to pay him compensation.
Legislation that allows injured workers to appeal against AAT decisions only on questions of law isn't unconstitutional, a full Federal Court has ruled in a 20-year-old dispute.
