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Two state governments today introduced domestic and family violence leave for public sector employees, while Labor has vowed to make such leave a "universal workplace right" if it wins the next Federal election.

In a long-running dispute, a superior court has found that a worker with occupational asthma has a 40 per cent degree of disability, and is entitled to sue his employer for damages.

To address safety risks effectively, employers must understand how all managerial decisions affect workplace health and safety, and apply that knowledge to all business decisions, according to Safe Work Australia's fourth and final report on the role of accounting in WHS governance.

In the lead up to White Ribbon Day this week, new research has shown employers can provide workers with paid domestic violence leave at minimal cost, while White Ribbon Australia has accredited 14 employers for amending their workplace policies to tackle domestic violence.

• Employer fined $140k after six apprentices left unsupervised; and
  
• New RTW and entry rules introduced in the ACT.

A union's opposition to a tobacco smoking ban at a large workplace was "ameliorated" by the measures the employer put in place to help workers quit or reduce the habit, the Fair Work Commission has found.

• Go Home on Time Day today;
  
• NSW launches another workers' comp review, this time on self-insurance; and
  
• SafeWork NSW issues heat warning.

An employer has reduced its total-recordable injury frequency rate by 24 per cent by increasing managers' visibility in the field, rewarding safety-conscious workers and introducing an HSE "action program", its latest sustainability report says.

In a long-running workplace bullying dispute involving insulting Facebook posts and an employee "Code of Silence", the Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to train managers in forensic investigative techniques and arrange meetings with a safety inspector.

A coalition of business leaders has released a new guide explaining how employers can significantly reduce the prevalence and impact of domestic violence through a three-level model. Also in this article, the Fair Work Commission has rejected an appeal against a domestic-violence-related ruling.