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THU
12:14PM

Are your grey fleet workers safe?

Employers need to ensure workers using their own cars for work purposes understand they're in a "workplace" with safety duties, an expert panel assembled by Safe Work Australia has highlighted.


FRI
11:57AM

Cough claim fails after epidemic evidence blocked

In a long-running dispute, a tribunal has rejected a travelling worker's whooping cough and stroke claim, after being forced to disregard evidence of whooping cough infection rates in the relevant region.


THU
1:24PM

Vehicle and site bans for work stoppages aren't unsafe

An employer's ban on workers remaining at remote client sites or using company vehicles during dispute-related work stoppages did not endanger their safety, a commission has found.


MON
3:15PM

MON
1:56PM

PCBU guilty of offence regardless of possible skylarking

Employers owe a duty of care to workers known to engage in "skylarking", a court has reiterated in finding a PCBU guilty of WHS offences relating to the death of a worker who wasn't wearing the necessary PPE.


WED
2:30PM

BHP focused on contractor safety, black lung prevention

BHP is establishing a set of universal minimum safety requirements for engaging and managing contractors across its global operations and also plans to improve how it investigates safety incidents and shares lessons learned, after the death of two workers during the 2018 financial year, the global resources company says in its latest sustainability report.



WED
3:58PM

MON
11:52AM

Working from home can worsen sedentary habits

A workplace health intervention reduced participants' sitting time by nearly an hour a day and built "office comradery", but highlighted the challenge of improving the sedentary habits of employees working from home, an Australian study has found.


TUE
12:43PM

"Exceptional circumstances" warrant EU in fatality case

The wishes of a killed worker's family underpinned a safety regulator's decision to accept a $968,000 enforceable undertaking (EU) in lieu of a category 2 WHS prosecution, the regulator's chief executive has told OHS Alert.


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