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.
Employers are being warned that workers with gambling problems are at increased risk of disrupting their colleagues, taking more sick leave and being dishonest.
WHS Codes of Practice have been adopted, tweaked or released for comment in Queensland and NSW, while the MUA has slammed a renewed call to scrap the draft WHS Code for stevedoring in the wake of a workplace death.
The average office desk has four hundred times more bacteria than a toilet seat and is likely to house the common cold virus, making workers sick, an economic-impact report says.
Employers can tackle workplace s-xual harassment, reducing sick and stress leave and workers' comp claims in the process, by following six simple steps, according to a guide developed under a national strategy.
