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A slaughterhouse employee who was bullied by workers who regularly threw fat and blood clots at him has been awarded workers' compensation, while a clerk has failed to convince a tribunal that repetitive keyboard use caused her spine injury.

A parliamentary committee has warned that a gap in safety legislation is exposing FIFO workers to bullying and other risks at accommodation facilities, and accused Rio Tinto of 'underplaying' the impact of FIFO work on mental health.

Assessing the physical and cultural workplace environment is just one of five steps employers should take to ensure they have a best-practice health and wellbeing program, a national conference has heard.

• Unions step up defence of asbestos lump sum payments; and
  
• ACT adopts model WHS asbestos laws and additional provisions.

An "unpleasant" worker who insulted colleagues and repeatedly swore was unfairly sacked for bullying, a Commission has found in criticising his employer's reliance on inconclusive CCTV footage during the disciplinary process.

• Gap in palletiser fence leads to death and $100k fine;
  
• Alerts issued after deaths and other incidents in three states; and
  
• Western Australians urged to attend seminars on green WHS Bill.

The most highly-developed safety systems and plans will still fail if employers don't get the "people" component of their approach right, a safety professional says.

An HR manager who claimed her back injury arose from excessive sitting at work has been denied workers' compensation.

The CFMEU has questioned how a Grocon subsidiary can be fined just $250,000 over three deaths when the union was fined $1.25 million for "speaking out" on safety issues, while Federal Employment Minister Eric Abetz has accused the union of being "pro-drugs" on Victorian building sites.

• Both personal and process safety must be measured, regulator warns; and
  
• New jurisdiction welcomed to national rail safety regime.