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The model Work Health and Safety Regulations have been updated to incorporate 63 technical amendments that "correct inadvertent errors, clarify policy intent and address workability issues".
Company officers are required by the due diligence provisions of the model WHS Act to collect both "positive" and "negative" safety indicators, according to an occupational health, safety and security lawyer.
Qantas has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that an injured worker's unfair dismissal claim was invalid because he had already successfully disputed his RTW plan under state law.
A shift worker who claimed he couldn't work on Saturdays - because he had "re-engaged" with his religious faith - has been denied compensation for stress, after a judge found his employer acted reasonably in offering him a weekday roster with considerably less pay.
Safe Work Australia has announced the finalists of its ninth annual awards. This article includes links to OHS Alert case studies of three of the contenders.
The wife of a South Australian worker who had a heart attack at home before dying at work three days later has been awarded compensation, after the WCT found the worker's employment contributed to his death. Also in this article, an employer has been fined $75,000 for its "superficial" hazard checklist, after an overseas worker was dragged into a machine.
A major Western Australian employer will be retried for safety breaches relating to the death of a mining apprentice in a vehicle crash, after the Supreme Court found the trial judge failed to properly consider whether additional signage would have reduced the risk.
In this article, OHS Alert revisits all the important work health and safety and workers' compensation legislation news from the final quarter of 2013. We also examine the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
