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A second employer has been fined $250,000 over the Melbourne wall collapse that killed three pedestrians in 2013, while WorkSafe Victoria has charged an employer with 10 breaches of the OHS Act relating to the 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire.
The Federal Government could be in breach of work health and safety laws if it responds to yesterday's High Court decision on asylum seekers by sending more children to offshore processing centres, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).
A NSW employer and its director have been fined for failing to comply with a WHS Code of Practice and using an unsuitable ladder, after a worker suffered fatal injuries in a fall.
A worker was reasonably sacked for pushing a co-worker into a pool and fist-fighting his general manager while intoxicated at a work Christmas function, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A Qantas worker who breached safety rules three times in three weeks was not unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found, accepting the employer's claim that, far from making his dismissal harsh, the worker's years of experience made his breaches more serious.
An employer breached equal opportunity laws in focusing solely on a worker's pre-injury duties when it decided to dismiss her for safety reasons, a tribunal has found.
In a case examining the meaning of "worker" under WHS laws, the Fair Work Commission has found the "benefits" a woman received as a volunteer didn't make her eligible to seek stop-bullying orders.
A worker who believed his employer didn't take its safety obligations seriously was lawfully sacked for abusing his supervisor after he hurt his back, the Fair Work Commission has found.
