Right of entry provisions to change; Queensland unions demand answers over delay of workers' comp review; NSW worker fatally struck by reversing loader; ACT offers funds for workplace health and wellbeing initiatives; and South Australian Return to Work Awards open.
In this article, OHS Alert highlights recent work health and safety developments - as well as new publications and upcoming seminars - from all Australian jurisdictions.
Employer faces Federal Court again for suspending injured worker; WorkCover SA promises new approach under different management team; and Expiry period extended for photos on Qld explosives licences.
A South Australian employer that claimed a casual employee - with a long-term work-related injury - was eligible, at best, for the equivalent of 35 minutes' pay in long service leave entitlements, has been ordered to recalculate the benefit based on 20 years of service.
Victorian employers have been put on notice after an unsafe plumber was charged by an inspector who was visiting a supermarket. Also in this article, a South Australian employer that let workers make their own height-safety decisions has been fined nearly $80,000.
In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important workplace health and safety and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the final quarter of 2012. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in all jurisdictions.
Employers must refrain from revoking OHS policies or procedures until they conduct a risk assessment, the South Australian Magistrates Court has stressed, after a worker suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a mechanical arm.
Harmonised WHS Acts have commenced in South Australia and Tasmania, while in other jurisdictions new Codes of Practice have taken effect, and some transitional arrangements have expired or been extended.
