Browsing: Supervision | Page 33

Toll Transport Pty Ltd has been handed one of the highest safety fines in Australian history, and the highest for a single OHS offence in Victoria, after a stevedore was run over and killed in the absence of a spotter.

Ten per cent of Australian workers have been bullied at work, and in 62 per cent of cases the perpetrator was a supervisor, according to one of two new major Safe Work Australia reports on the issue.

In the lead up to White Ribbon Day on 25 November, employers are being urged to implement domestic violence policies and ensure managers are prepared to take emergency action to keep employee victims safe.

A worker has been awarded more than $1 million in damages and compensation, after she was bullied in a "feedback" meeting and during mediation with a supervisor.

An employer has been convicted and fined $240,000 over a work experience student's permanent eye injuries, after the NSW Attorney-General appealed against its "non-existent" sentence.

A poor relationship between an employee and their supervisor is one of the major barriers to a successful return to work after injury, a Comcare literature review has found.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered the reinstatement of two workers - who were dismissed after one of them lifted the other with a forklift - after finding the practice had been endorsed by supervisors at the workplace.

Working in an environment where "robust language" is commonplace does not excuse acts or threats of violence, a commission has ruled in upholding the sacking of a supervisor who threatened to knock out a colleague.

An employer has committed $430,000 to boosting safety leadership and other initiatives, in lieu of prosecution, after identifying a gap in "supervisory input".

A host employer has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 to a worker who injured her back using incorrect work methods, after a court of appeal majority confirmed that it failed to ensure she had "absorbed" her instructions.