WHS bullying Code "prohibits" eye-rolling, says Abetz; WorkCover SA's controversial medical panels to be scrapped; and South Australian Safe Work winners announced.
SA levies could drop despite ballooning WorkCover liability: chair; Inquiry into risks of long working hours called for on 8-hour-day anniversary; and Western Australian work safety award winners announced.
Provisions of South Australia's mirror WHS Bill - relating to control, union entry, height work, the right to silence and other issues - will be amended under a deal to ensure the passage of the legislation through Parliament.
A South Australian employer has been fined nearly $100,000 for allowing workers to bypass an interlock gate to save time, after a labourer was crushed and became a tetraplegic.
Business SA has cited the length and complexity of the model Codes of Practice as one of the reasons it has withdrawn its support for South Australia's mirror Work Health and Safety Act.
In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the third quarter of 2012. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
Workplaces around Australia were subjected to 79,290 "proactive" visits from OHS inspectors in 2010/11 - more than 217 visits a day, according to a new Safe Work Australia report.
A South Australian police officer who was assaulted on his way to his motel from a training-course party has had his compensation claim dismissed, after a full Supreme Court found he was not carrying out work duties at the time of the incident.
Safe Work Week events underway; SWA releases fatality report, serious-claim fact sheets and nanomaterial documents; and NSW employers given three months to improve their RTW programs.
