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A tribunal has set aside the decision to reject a depression claim from a man who was s-xually assaulted at work as a teenager, after finding the medical evidence relied on to block the claim failed to consider all the trauma the Navy veteran had experienced.

An appeals commission has upheld a bullied worker's compensation claim, rejecting his former employer's argument that he was barred from running a case related to psychological injuries.

A PCBU has been accused of breaching WHS laws in failing to provide personal protective equipment, like a duress alarm, to a s-xually-assaulted worker, in the latest of a series of major cases against duty holders in the disability services sector in South Australia.

• Model WHS amendments for silica flagged in RIS;
  
• Workplace violence and lead (Pb) targeted in SA; and
  
• SafeWork NSW's "Speak Up" app hits 10,000 reports.

Employers will soon be required to proactively take steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and adopt new procedures for managing psychosocial risks, under new legislation committed to by the Federal Labor Government.

A WHS regulator has released three new information sheets with guidelines on identifying, controlling and responding to gendered violence in the workplace, specifically, s-xual harassment and assault.

The mining industry has been described as harbouring "a culture of cover-up", in the "'Enough Is Enough': S-xual harassment against women in the FIFO mining industry" report. The parliamentary inquiry report makes 79 findings and 24 recommendations for addressing the "horrendous violence and abuse women are subjected to while going about their work".

A deputy operations manager, with the NSW Ambulance Service, created a "psychologically unsafe workplace" by inappropriately venting his frustrations over colleagues to his manager, a commission has ruled in rejecting his unfair dismissal appeal.

WHS laws could be amended, and prosecutory functions expanded, with a former Federal Court judge being appointed to review the adequacy of a WHS investigation into the murder of a nurse.

• Silica safety duties applied to multiple industries in Vic; and
  
• FWC full bench supports paid FDV leave.