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A serial "prankster" whose conduct caused an injury would not have been deterred by the threat of dismissal, the NSW Court of Appeal has ruled in rejecting a worker's $550,000 damages claim.
The NSW workers' compensation target premium collection rate will increase from 1.66 per cent of payroll to 1.68 per cent in the coming financial year, WorkCover NSW has announced.
In an important ruling for Victorian employers, a law firm that is being sued for damages by an injured former partner has won its High Court bid to challenge the opinion of a WorkCover Authority medical panel.
A NSW employer that failed to properly calibrate a safety device has been fined nearly $300,000, after a mobile crane fell onto live powerlines and crashed into a house, narrowly missing residents and nearly electrocuting a worker.
Employers should, from January 2012, urge contractors to conduct risk assessments for every task, even if they are not obliged under harmonised work health and safety laws to do so, OHS lawyer Jacqui Hawkins told attendees at a recent webinar.
Seemingly damning evidence of off-duty injured workers captured on Facebook or by surveillance must be viewed in the context of their medical histories, two recent workers' comp cases have shown.
South Australia to ban synthetic marijuana detected in workers; WorkSafe calls for change after issuing more than 2000 notices; and "Small" safety initiatives to be recognised in revamped Victorian awards.
Employers warned of height and storage dangers after deaths; Greens to push for automatic cancer compensation for firefighters; Western Australian employers fined for scaffold and guarding failures; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
