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Amputation prompts workers' compensation legislation amendments; and Essential safety news from six jurisdictions.

Employers that provide access to leave entitlements for victims of domestic violence can stem the "flow-on effect" of the problem in the workplace, according to Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings.

A Tasmanian worker, who failed to notify her employer of an injury until two weeks after it occurred, is entitled to workers' compensation, the Supreme Court has found in upholding an earlier decision.

Heavy Metro workers transferred to paid weight-loss program; SA Greens' firefighter cancer Bill to cover volunteers; and WorkSafe ACT hosting free harmonisation and asbestos seminars.

NSW's WHS licensing arrangements amended; Tasmania's safest employers announced; and Queensland return-to-work winners announced.

Managing noise creates less stressful workplaces; National rail safety laws progress in Tasmania and NSW; Host employer fined for interlock breach after worker dragged into machine; and Employers urged to ramp up safety for hay and cyclone seasons.

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.

Company officers are among the many workers who are unaware of their duties under both old and new OHS laws, according to Tasmanian regulators, who say the model Codes of Practice provide the key to understanding the harmonised Act.

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.