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A NSW worker has failed to convince a judge that his employer is vicariously liable for the actions of a woman who injured his back while he performed first aid.
The Federal Court has fined 23 workers $1000 each for walking off a job for health reasons, after finding low water pressure in the job site's bathrooms didn't pose an "imminent risk" to health and safety.
An employer that failed to train a young employee to work safely at heights, resulting in him falling nearly six metres through a roof, has been handed a low OHS fine because of its high debts.
Four companies have been ordered to pay a worker damages, after he was injured when he fell from an unfenced work platform, and sustained further injuries while travelling home from a related medical appointment.
A mesothelioma sufferer has been awarded $425,000, after the Northern Territory Court of Appeal reversed a controversial decision that he was statute-barred from claiming damages.
An employer directly discriminated against a pregnant employee by sending her irate text messages while she was in the work toilet with morning sickness, a tribunal has found.
The NSW Court of Appeal has rejected a principal contractor's claim that it didn't have "any right" to require a subcontractor to provide safe equipment.
Two employers that were fined for OHS breaches after a worker's leg was amputated have now been ordered to pay the man more than $2.2 million in damages.
A NSW company and its executives breached consumer laws in telling employers, through unsolicited telemarketing calls, that they were required by OHS laws to buy the types of wall charts and first-aid kits that it sold, the Federal Court has found.
