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An employer that introduced cancer screening programs in response to employee concerns has detected at least one worker's cancer in its early stages, its chief executive says.

Employers that over-rely on cost-benefit analyses of WHS interventions are at risk of overlooking the high cost of incidents and allocating insufficient resources to safety, according to a new Safe Work Australia report.

A tribunal has rejected a worker's claim that her chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was caused by a virus she contracted after drinking from a water jug contaminated with faeces at a course.

A worker's claim that she was entitled to recover the costs of her $20,000 breast reduction surgery, because it treated her work-related neck and shoulder pain, has been rejected.

"Highly educated" OHS professionals will continue to have plenty of employment opportunities across Australia in 2015, while workers' comp specialists will be in high demand in Sydney, according to Robert Walters' latest global salary survey.

• Crane designer fined for safety breach in WA first;
  
• New harmonised mining and rail laws start in NSW; and
  
• New report shows work death toll much higher than predicted.

• Employer should have "reshaped" site to prevent death;
  
• NZ removes "best practice" term from safety guides;
  
• Tasmania auditing hazardous road works sites; and
  
• Agencies release alerts and publications in four jurisdictions.

A recent FWC full bench decision (which defined the meaning of "at work") and other "sensible" bullying-related rulings are good news for employers, according to senior employment lawyers.

Employers can improve workers' energy levels and performance by educating them on how to develop healthy sleeping habits and tackle sleep problems, US researchers say.

A sacked injured worker, who claims he lodged his unfair dismissal application 53 days late because he needed to pursue his workers' comp entitlements first, has been denied an extension of time.