Browsing: Jurisdiction (VIC) | Page 121

An employer has been ordered to pay nearly $12,000 to a worker it sacked for breaching its drug and alcohol policy, after the Fair Work Commission found it unfairly gave him a first and final warning for failing to tag-out a machine eight months earlier.

A Court of Appeal has found an employer could have been, and probably should have been, fined much more than $250,000 over a fatality, but declined to intervene and increase the penalty.

• Sick worker obligated to pursue alternative position;
  
• "Mr Fluffy" eradication Bill introduced; and
  
• Five safety alerts released.

• New mine safety and heavy vehicle laws commence in Victoria;
  
• ARPANSA's safety powers expanded; and
  
• Red-tape reduction Bill passes in ACT.

• SWA launches electronic safety kit;
  
• Employers urged to learn from WA injury and fatality reviews; and
  
• WorkSafe Victoria reports record RTW rate and issues safety alert.

• Employer and dentist fined after WorkSafe investigations; and
  
• WA introduces world's first safety Code for autonomous mining.

• New apps guide could influence workplace wellbeing programs;
  
• WorkSafe replaces ousted chairperson;
  
• Queensland introducing amended workers' comp Bill; and
  
• Tasmania promises to retain strong WHS laws.

One of the most effective ways to reduce workers' comp claims costs and premiums is to focus on returning injured workers to their pre-injury hours, rather than their pre-injury duties, according to workplace relations lawyer Kim Cunningham.

A superior court has slammed an employer for its "cavalier disregard" for workers' safety and its "disdainful" response to a WorkSafe improvement notice, in rejecting its appeal against a $375,000 OHS fine.

• Employer fined $150k over remote-worker death;
  
• Abetz urges all work stakeholders to consult deemed diseases list;
  
• SA flu victims told to stay away from work in light of high case rate;
  
• WA releases three safety guides and issues dangerous goods warning; and
  
• Victoria updates "Injury Hotspots" tool.