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Workplace inspections can detect day-to-day safety issues, but employers can't rely on them to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of their broader safety management systems, a consultant warns.

BHP Billiton Ltd has been ordered to pay a former Newcastle Steelworks employee with mesothelioma a record $2.2 million in damages, in a landmark NSW Dust Diseases Tribunal decision today.

A worker who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after a s-xual assault at an apartment controlled by her employer is entitled to workers' compensation, after the employer failed in its second appeal against liability.

An employer that was uninsured when a trainee suffered an injury had no right to question WorkCover NSW's acceptance of his claim, and must repay more than $10,000 in compensation payments.

The NSW District Court has been taking as "stern" a view of safety breaches as the IRC did before it, but there appears to be a trend towards defending charges to test the Court's interpretation of the OHS and WHS Acts, according to Henry Davis York lawyers.

New research casts doubt on the merits of providing workplace exercise facilities, finding no evidence they increase employees' physical activity levels.

Avoid relying solely on workplace testing to tackle drug use, urges expert; and Essential safety news from five jurisdictions.

An employer that failed to secure a cage to a forklift for work at heights has been fined $45,000, after a worker fell 1.7m from the cage when it tipped over.

Workplace bullying policies and procedures aren't working, and employers need a new approach instead of "putting their heads in the sand" and thinking everything will be OK, professional speaker and trainer Blythe Rowe says.

Employers have a duty to advise their workers of the risks of driving home after night shift, Western Australia's highest court has found, but it rejected a permanently injured shift worker's bid for $1 million in damages.