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Appeals court confirms host employer vicariously liable for labour-hire worker's negligence

A company has failed to overturn a $2 million-plus damages ruling examining the "transfer of employment". It unsuccessfully contended it was not vicariously liable for a labour-hire worker's negligence that caused a crush injury to a fellow employee.



MON
2:38PM

Unreasonable email injured overworked worker

A "formidable and direct" manager's email reprimanding an overworked worker for working from home was unreasonable and caused a compensable psychiatric injury, a tribunal has found.



TUE
2:10PM

"Unexplained" WHS breach and repeat offences cause serious injuries and attract fines

A PCBU has been handed a pre-discount penalty of $300,000, after its "unexplained disregard" for guarding requirements led to the amputation of five of a teenage worker's fingers. Meanwhile, a repeat offender's latest safety fines have been increased significantly, after a regulator appealed.



FRI
1:59PM

PCBU fined over work-box death, safety conversations faltered as business grew

A PCBU has been handed a pre-discount WHS fine of $600,000, after a worker suffered fatal head injuries in an incident involving an unsafely modified work box and a forklift operated by an inexperienced apprentice.


TUE
3:31PM

Worker and his mother awarded damages against negligent contractors, after impalement incident

The mother of a young worker impaled on a steel rod has been awarded more than $200,000 for post-traumatic stress linked to the incident, while her son has been awarded $520,000, and two negligent companies have been ordered to foot most of the bill.


TUE
3:10PM

Supervisor rightly sacked for ignoring harassment reports and insulting junior personnel

A commissioner has upheld the sacking of a supervisor who failed to investigate reports that a subordinate was breaching conduct and safety policies by regularly s-xually harassing co-workers by rubbing his genitals at work.


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