Employers urged to act after diesel declared carcinogenic; Definition of worker in NT workers' comp laws to change; FSU seeks exemption from NSW workers' comp changes; and NT employer fined for fall breach on boat.
Don't over-rely on High Court Baiada ruling, lawyer warns; Employers slammed for complacency following fatality alerts; and SWA releases fatality report as WorkCover NSW investigates death.
New board appointed in controversial WorkCover "shake-up"; Safety-data-sheet guide released as NT WorkSafe defends harmonised asbestos laws; WorkSafe investigating crush death; and Emergency eye-wash poster published.
A Northern Territory employer that was convicted over the death of a 457-visa worker has escaped a $350,000 compensation bill, after the Supreme Court rejected an insurer's bid to recover the funds.
In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the first quarter of 2012. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
A worker's appeal against conditions placed on her employment because of her cannabis use has backfired, with the Northern Territory Magistrates Court not only upholding the original conditions, but ordering her to submit to weekly urine tests.
Safe Work Australia and WorkCover NSW have released new harmonisation guides on discriminatory conduct, slips and trips and incident notification. Also in this article, the Northern Territory's new work health and safety laws have commenced for miners.
A bad back does not have to be "produced by external causes" to be considered work-related, the Northern Territory Supreme Court has found in confirming that a fly-in-fly-out worker who was injured while sleeping was entitled to compensation.
In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the final quarter of 2011. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
Workplaces in the five OHS jurisdictions where harmonised safety laws have taken effect are now safer and more productive, according to Federal Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten. But stakeholders continue to squabble over the draft model Codes of Practice.
