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A worker who was summarily dismissed for allowing a friend to bring a gun into the workplace, and was supported by NSW Senator David Leyonhjelm at his show-cause meeting, has been denied reinstatement.

An injured worker has been refused $700,000 in damages, after the NSW Court of Appeal rejected his account of the mechanism of injury.

A union has been denied a declaration that proposed changes to a major workplace's drug testing regime were defeated in a ballot, with a Queensland judge finding that the 257 workers who neglected to vote on the changes couldn't be regarded as disagreeing with them.

The 2016 Safe Rates remuneration order has taken effect, with the Federal Court overturning a stay order yesterday afternoon, while the National Road Transport Association says it has been "priced out" of its battle against the order.

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A company that failed to act on a risk assessment has been fined $111,000 after a worker's arm was amputated, while a restaurant has become the first entity to be convicted under section 33 of South Australia's mirror WHS Act.

A worker has been refused $290,000 in damages for a back injury, but a supreme court judge found her employer did negligently expose her and others to a building's unsafe access point.

Employer groups have been slammed for successfully seeking a Federal Court injunction preventing the minimum-safe-rates order for contractor drivers from taking effect today.

In a decision busting the "myths" surrounding the Safe Rates remuneration order, the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has decided the order should commence on Monday (4 April) without any transitional provisions relating to minimum payments.

Two workers' compensation advisors have been ordered to pay an injured worker nearly $500,000, after a court found they failed to file his "meritorious" damages claim against a negligent employer within the limitation period.