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A PCBU that has been battling fatality-related WHS charges for three years has had a minor victory in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, which agreed to vary the adverse publicity order against the business.
A worker has unsuccessfully claimed he was unfairly sacked for raising safety concerns, with a commission hearing a safety regulator investigated and dismissed his concerns, and finding he was sacked for being unable to perform the inherent requirements of his role.
A company that received a record-breaking WHS recklessness fine, over the death of an apprentice, has failed to reduce a $1.3 million payout to an injured labour-hire worker through the application of a "notoriously difficult" legislative provision.
A worker has been convicted of safety breaches that caused a colleague to become crushed between two vehicles and sustain life-threatening injuries, with a court finding he should have been aware of the danger his co-worker was in.
Two PCBUs that failed to consult on task planning and mechanical aids have been fined over a teenager's death, while a business owner with a long history of safety breaches has been fined for endangering motorists through the performance of "poor quality" work next to a highway.
A commissioner did not make a mistake when he ordered an employer to reinstate a worker, who had undergone spinal surgery, without explicitly finding he was capable of safely carrying out his role, a full bench has found.
A full Federal Court has partially overturned a ruling made against a union and an official accused of refusing to comply with a worksite's WHS requirements, finding the site's rules only required the official to be "accompanied" rather than "escorted".
A sacked worker has unsuccessfully argued his sarcastic comments about a co-worker being "m-lested" didn't constitute workplace s-xual harassment, but won his unfair dismissal case.