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State and territory OHS laws can "operate interactively" with the Fair Work Act without undermining the Commonwealth's power to make industrial laws, the Federal Court has confirmed in ruling against an employer in a safety-related entry dispute.
Two employers fined $100k over missing guard after amputation; MaxiTRANS enters $200k safety undertaking; WorkSafe releases new safety standard for high-risk industry; Alerts issued after 30 mobile-plant rollovers and other incidents; and Public defibrillators linked to high heart attack survival rate.
Reintroducing common law access under the proposed WorkCover SA overhaul will add complexity without improving safety, according to a Donaldson Walsh Lawyers partner, who adds that workers with significant injuries could lose out under the reforms.
A subcontractor who provided "perfunctory" inductions, and failed to demonstrate how to properly lift materials, has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $330,000 in damages.
More OHS fraud comes to light; Mine inspections reveal blocked escape routes; and NSW orders more Cootes inspections as WorkCover releases safety guide.
Some 31 of the 45 national reforms aimed at reducing regulatory variations between the states and territories, and saving businesses $4 billion in the process, have been achieved or are on track, but a COAG report shows a number of safety-related reforms have a long way to go.
A worker who claimed her severe hearing loss was caused by her noisy office and high-pitched telephone noises has had her workers' compensation claim rejected.
With the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) taking effect next week, employers are being advised to assess whether they are part of the road transport chain of responsibility (CoR).
Jetstar has successfully defended an injured worker's unfair dismissal claim, but a Commissioner found it "should have done better" during the dismissal process by, for example, providing all relevant information to the worker's medical assessor.
Employers are again being urged to ask visiting workplace health and safety inspectors for identification, after two people who weren't inspectors threatened to fine companies and workers for breaching the WHS Act in South Australia last week.
