A NSW employer has been fined $300,000 over the death of a young student, while another employer has entered into a $427,000 enforceable undertaking under the State's new WHS Act.
A worker who described his former workplace as a "hell hole on earth" has been awarded workers' compensation, after the NSW WCC found a "toxic" relationship with his manager caused his psychological injury.
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An employer is liable to compensate a worker who was seriously injured at a private party at its premises, after the NSW WCC found its director encouraged her to attend by asking if she would be there.
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.
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.
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