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Two related companies and their director have been ordered to pay an estimated $890,000 in fines and costs for dumping asbestos and lead-contaminated waste on an unlawful site owned by one of the companies.
A worker was lawfully sacked for participating in an unsafe prank on a public road, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, after finding the incident constituted exceptional circumstances creating a link between private activities and employment.
A compliance program for repeat safety offenders will focus on whether leaders in convicted South Australian businesses are meeting their due diligence obligations under section 27 of the Work Health and Safety Act.
Essential Energy has been fined $300,000 after a worker was electrocuted, while an individual has been fined $160,000 for WHS breaches after a worker was killed operating a vehicle without a protective device deployed.
A regulator has discontinued court action against a union official - accused of blocking work for bogus safety reasons - in light of a recent full Federal Court decision in favour of an official who pretended his name was Steve Irwin, the deceased crocodile hunter.
An employer wasn't obliged to let an injured worker seek a second opinion of her work capacity, and acted lawfully in dismissing her for not being able to fulfil the inherent requirements of her role, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer that unfairly dismissed a victim of domestic violence has been ordered to pay $30,000 in costs, in addition to the $27,500 penalty imposed on it last year.
A worker who was sacked for safety breaches, after the wheels fell off a public bus, has been awarded compensation, after a commission full bench found there was a "gap" in the instructions he allegedly ignored.
