The future of Safe Work Australia as an independent agency appears assured, with Employment Minister Eric Abetz hinting that absorbing it into his Department wouldn't be cost effective.
A worker who was required to meet with her manager after taking 21 weeks' leave in 15 months, and pretending her grandmother had died, has been denied workers' compensation for a psychological injury.
US researchers, and an Australian yoga instructor, have highlighted the importance of "prompting" workers to stand and stretch to reduce unhealthy sedentary time.
Queensland will create a "one-stop shop" for safety and workers' comp matters, and "improve" its current mine safety Acts, in the next financial year, the State Government has revealed.
WorkCover NSW reveals 2014-15 premium rates; SA Independents to determine future of cancer compensation laws; and Maximum workers' comp payments increasing in WA.
A national employer has reduced its workers' comp claims rate and costs by ensuring its injury management consultants contact all relevant parties within 24 hours of an injury or illness being reported.
A health and safety rep was fairly sacked for backdating a job hazard analysis after his safety manager told him to, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An alleged victim of workplace bullying has failed to convince a Commissioner that the Fair Work Act's new anti-bullying provisions should be construed in favour of "all Australians".
Senior managers have been sent a health and safety "wake-up call", with the ACT becoming the first jurisdiction to charge an officer under the harmonised WHS laws, following a fatality.
