Two employers could not have prevented a worker from making the mistake that caused his injury by providing him additional instructions, an appeal court has found in quashing the man's damages claim.
An employer that relied on a "specialised expert" contractor to ensure site safety has been convicted and fined $120,000, after a worker fell six metres, while the "more culpable" contractor has escaped conviction, entering an enforceable undertaking instead.
An employer has been fined after a roof collapsed and killed a labour-hire worker, with a court finding it failed to maintain an effective system for keeping the roof free of debris.
The abolition of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal contributed to unsafe practices identified in the recent labour-hire inquiry, the Victorian Government has claimed in launching a review of contractor laws.
OHS laws in Victoria could be amended to adopt the national model WHS Act's PCBU framework and broad definition of worker, under one of 35 recommendations for the labour-hire industry tabled in Parliament today.
The Fair Work Commission has amended a stop-bullying order to protect both current and former employees of a labour-hire company based at a Melbourne brewery.
Two employers have been fined a total of $525,000, after a labour-hire worker was allowed to stand in what should have been an exclusion zone, before being fatally struck by a one-tonne falling object.
