The first duty holder to be charged under Western Australia's Work Health and Safety Act has become the first entity to enter a WHS undertaking in the State, with its $1.47 million worth of enforceable commitments aligning with the recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into workplace s-xual harassment.
A company director has been convicted and fined for a string of "disturbing" acts of bullying against two apprentices, including at a work Christmas party. A court found his company's safety failings were solely attributable to him.
The Federal Court has ordered a redetermination of whether a worker's injury was caused by customer aggression or reasonable administrative action, finding an earlier decision in favour of the man failed to apply the correct legal test.
A union official who was physically aggressive towards a site manager, while inspecting suspected safety breaches, has been fined and handed a "partial" personal payment order.
A major employer has been cleared of unlawfully discriminating against an impaired worker by rejecting her medical clearances to return to work after she threatened to fight and kick her co-workers.
A worker who was assaulted and suffered a serious brain injury, while on a winery tour during a "short absence" from his employment, has been denied compensation, with a tribunal rejecting his claims around being encouraged to take leave and consume alcohol.
A worker is entitled to incapacity payments for a period of unemployment that followed the unexpected termination of his new job contract, nearly 15 years after a work injury took him out of his original role, a tribunal has found.
A coronial inquest into the "violent and tragic" death of a bus driver, who was set on fire by a passenger, has outlined the "extensive and commendable" post-incident steps taken by the driver's employer and others to improve the safety of workers and members of the public.
