An OHSS lawyer has outlined the circumstances in which employers can rely on the safety expertise of contractors, and warned against getting the "wrong idea" about two major judgments quashing OHS convictions.
A shift worker, whose second job as an Uber driver was discovered when he picked up a manager, was fairly sacked for failing to respond to his employer's concerns about fatigue, a commission has found.
Two entry permit holders breached the OHS requirements of the Fair Work Act by walking down a construction-site pathway blocked by bollards, a judge has found, despite acknowledging that a foreman and workers also used the path.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld the dismissal of a worker accused of smoking synthetic cannabis "at or near" his workplace, after he crashed into two residential properties while driving home after night shift.
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an employer's long-running bid to revoke a safety improvement notice, after a regulator agreed not to publicise the issue.
An employer "properly" relied on an occupational therapist's assessment of a worker, who sustained serious injuries in a skydiving incident, when it dismissed him for being unable to safely perform his role, a Fair Work Commission full bench has found in the latest of a series of decisions on the matter.
A major employer has resolved an anti-bullying application to the Fair Work Commission by complying with a simple recommendation to remove two alleged bullies from a disciplinary process involving the applicant.
The High Court has rejected an injured worker's appeal against a decision quashing his $1.5 million damages award, while an appeal court has rejected another man's claim that he sustained a work-related injury three days after receiving a termination payment.
A school principal bullied an OHS representative by assigning a business manager, who the rep had a poor relationship with, to take part in her annual review, the Fair Work Commission has found.