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Nineteen workers have been fined $1000 each for unlawfully walking off a construction project after a meeting with union officials on alleged bullying and intimidation at the site.
Two employers have been fined a total of $240,000 after an elderly woman was killed and a young worker died in a forklift incident. Meanwhile, Victoria's weekend death toll has increased, after a painter died in hospital from his injuries.
A commission has found that one of a worker's breaches of a "life saving rule" wasn't a valid reason for his dismissal because of the "vagueness" surrounding a height-safety policy.
A major employer has been ordered to pay a record $850,000 in fines and costs, after it failed to implement measures that would have prevented an intoxicated contractor from causing an "extremely dangerous" chemical spill, which injured two workers.
Optus has successfully appealed against a $3.9 million judgment for a labour-hire worker, who developed chronic post-traumatic stress disorder after a co-worker attempted to murder him.
An employer has been convicted and fined for WHS breaches, after its director identified a serious safety risk at a worksite, but then left without ensuring the necessary controls were implemented before work commenced.
A worker who acted in an "unnecessarily aggressive manner" after a drunk hotel patron bumped him at a work function, has been denied permission to pursue his unfair dismissal case.
