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The organisation that recently became the first entity to be fined under the consultation provisions of the model WHS Act failed to check whether a host employer was qualified to provide an apprentice with on-the-job experience, SafeWork SA's charge sheet shows.

A judge has rejected Fortescue's claim that a union can't seek a declaration that it breached Federal entry laws - after a fatality - because Western Australia hasn't adopted the model WHS Act.

A sacked worker has failed to convince a commission that his use of the term "gringo", while abusing a South American colleague, wasn't racist because it was a non-derogatory slang word he'd picked up on a trip to the US.

A not-for-profit organisation that assigns apprentices to host employers has become the first entity to be convicted for breaching the consultation provisions of the model WHS Act.

A Queensland-based business has become the second labour-hire company in a month to be fined heavily for safety breaches in South Australia.

An employer that unfairly sacked a worker for bullying and unsafe work practices has defeated the man's reinstatement claim, after a commission found it repeatedly tried to train him to comply with its code of conduct before dismissing him.

A worker who claimed he injured his knee falling off a truck trailer has been refused damages, after a court found he hadn't been permitted or required to perform any tasks that involved climbing onto the vehicle.

Employers are being urged to contact their chemical suppliers to ensure they only receive GHS-labelled stock from 1 January. Meanwhile, an employer has been fined for failing to report a dangerous goods incident that left a worker with significant burns.

The anti-bullying provisions of the Fair Work Act are designed to protect employees from bullying rather than a worker's discomfort or perception of unreasonable behaviour, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting a worker's claim.

The Fair Work Commission has rejected a bid for anti-bullying orders relating to Essential Energy's failure to provide two employees with meaningful work, but ordered the company to accept their applications for voluntary redundancy.