Jetstar has successfully defended an injured worker's unfair dismissal claim, but a Commissioner found it "should have done better" during the dismissal process by, for example, providing all relevant information to the worker's medical assessor.
Employers are again being urged to ask visiting workplace health and safety inspectors for identification, after two people who weren't inspectors threatened to fine companies and workers for breaching the WHS Act in South Australia last week.
Construction companies will be required to test their workers for drugs and alcohol to be eligible for Victorian Government contracts, under a controversial plan to amend the industry's Code of Practice announced this morning.
A Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions solicitor was unfairly sacked for "misconduct" after his bouts of depression affected his work performance, attendance and conduct, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission received 44 applications for anti-workplace-bullying orders in January, well short of the foreshadowed average of nearly 70 a week.
An ACT employer that failed to instruct a worker not to unload and carry heavy equipment on his own has been ordered to pay him $752,000 in damages, after he sustained a serious ankle injury.
Two Victorian employers fined over falling object; Qld PCBUs advised to assess new remote-work requirements; and Grace period over for old WorkCover WA forms.
A NSW worker who raised concerns about repetitively manoeuvring 112kg items while lying on his stomach in a confined space, before being injured, has been awarded damages in the Supreme Court.
Employers that rely heavily on contractors are being reminded of the expanded duty of care under the model WHS Act, after a study found most of Australia's biggest real estate and property companies include little or no safety information in company reports.
Orica has identified 20 major hazard categories and upgraded its decades-old safety, health, environment and community (SHEC) management system to make it easier for workers to avoid the risk of injury.
