Fines for halting construction work for "dubious" safety reasons could increase, while foreign firms could be granted provisional accreditation to bypass the FSC's "onerous" safety requirements, under recommendations contained in a new Productivity Commission report.
An ACT worker whose foot was crushed by a telehandler has been awarded $700,000, after a Court rejected his employer's claim that he should have devised a safer system for transporting materials.
NSW's WorkCover Independent Review Office (WIRO) has resolved a $110,000 workers' comp payment error without the issue being held up by lawyers or in the WCC, marking "the future of the dispute resolution process", according to WIR Officer Kim Garling.
New Zealand's new workplace bullying prevention guide is superior to Australia's for a number of reasons, including that it recognises "institutional bullying", which helps employers determine if their culture is creating the problem, an OHS consultant says.
Western Australian employers that fail to maintain their workers' comp insurance policies can be handed on-the-spot fines of up to $400 per employee, under new amendments to the State's compensation laws.
Employer wins first stage of cancer compensation dispute; WorkCover Qld explains best way to reduce compensation costs; and WorkSafe ACT targets workers' comp policy breaches.
Workers who spend most of their working hours sitting down aren't compensating for this by increasing their physical activity during non-work hours, increasing the risk of their work performance being impaired, UK researchers say.
Employers should conduct occasional mock safety inspections, rotating senior managers' and workers' roles in the process, to make safety more interesting to staff and identify more risks, an OHS consultant says.
