Browsing: Legislation, regulation and caselaw | Page 532
Viewing all articles in "Legislation, regulation and caselaw" which contains eight sub-topics, select one from the list below to further narrow your browsing.
The return-to-work rate of injured workers who receive 'extensive' employer support is seven times higher than for those who receive no support, a Safe Work Australia survey has found. Also in this article, SWA has released a fact sheet on workers' comp laws relating to psychological injuries.
An employer must pay the family of a worker who died when she fainted and fell onto train tracks during a work journey more than $400,000 in compensation, after a NSW WCC ruling.
The process of finalising 12 model WHS Codes of Practice - including those on workplace traffic management and plant design - is likely to stretch well beyond two years, with the documents still needing to be "considered" by Ministers of the now-defunct Select Council on Workplace Relations.
A worker's claim that his psychotic episode arose from working in an isolated location, and having excessive safety responsibilities, has been rejected by the South Australian WCT.
A Safe Work Australia-commissioned study has identified four key contributing factors to the country's most common occupational skin diseases. The agency has also added 112 new chemicals to its Hazardous Substances Information System (HSIS).
Worker rightly sacked for ignoring safety alarm; Duty holders fined for hand tool and helmet breaches; Video safety alert for forklifts and other warnings issued by regulators; and Fatigue exemption extended for heavy vehicle drivers in Queensland.
Operator error and lack of fall protection are two factors employers should address to reduce truck-related fatalities, a new Safe Work Australia report says.
An employer has been ordered to pay the family of a worker, who was kidnapped and murdered while performing duties after-hours, nearly $300,000 in death benefits in the NSW WCC.
A major employer has unsuccessfully sought for all conditions imposed by a prohibition notice to be quashed, with the Fair Work Commission ordering it to barricade an unsafe damaged structure until it's repaired or removed.
Queensland employers will pay the lowest average workers' comp premiums in the country from 1 July, with WorkCover slashing the rate by 17 per cent. The agency has also introduced two initiatives to help businesses understand and pay their premiums.
