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Commonwealth to ban synthetic cannabis detected in workers; WorkSafe Victoria to target employers without workers' comp cover; and Western Australian employers fined for electricity and notice breaches.
Master Builders Australia has urged the Senate to reject any changes to the Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Bill, which was introduced to the House of Reps this morning. Also in this article, Master Builders has called for the Federal Safety Commissioner's accreditation scheme to be reviewed before harmonised laws take effect.
Employers fined for ignoring Codes of Practice; Safety reviews urged after three horror incidents in 24 hours; OHS prosecutions to be fast-tracked in Victorian blitz; and South Australia offers $412K in OHS research grants.
Coles has been ordered to pay workers' comp to an "inattentive" Queensland employee who suffered head injuries and brain damage after he ran his car off the road while driving to work.
New discrimination laws have broadened the definition of s-xual harassment and could expose unwary employers to claims of harassment, breach of contract and misleading or deceptive conduct, a lawyer has warned.
A Telstra employee who twice fell down a set of wooden stairs that linked her home office to the rest of her house has won workers' compensation for her physical and psychological injuries.
An ACT employer, which claims it received incorrect advice on right-of-entry laws from an "industry body", has been fined for denying two union officials access to a worksite to investigate safety concerns.
In this article, OHS Alert reports on high-risk licences, fatality reports, safety alerts, contractor guidelines that will apply from 1 July, and other OHS news from across the country.
The NSW Minerals Council has welcomed the State Government's plan to ban synthetic cannabis, and says it will test workers for the drug in the coming weeks.
In another case that is likely to change the way workers' compensation disputes are resolved, a South Australian Supreme Court full bench has found the opinion of a WorkCover medical panel is not legally binding.
