Browsing: WHS decisions (QLD)


FRI
1:04PM

New drug testing regime upheld in voting dispute

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.


MON
2:40PM

TUE
1:10PM

Four duty holders fail to overturn OHS charges

A court has upheld fatality-related OHS charges against an employer and three company officers, including an executive whose tenure ended four months before the fatality occurred.


FRI
12:50PM

Employer refused permission to reduce rest breaks

An employer has been refused permission to amend its fatigue management procedures to reduce the number of rest breaks per shift, because it failed to obtain unanimous agreement from a cross-section of workers.


THU
3:43PM

WED
1:13PM

Twelve factors caused double work fatality

A coronial non-inquest into a double fatality, which resulted in a record $650,000 OHS fine, has identified a range of factors that contributed to the incident, including "tick and flick" service checks and poor communication between work groups.



THU
2:59PM

Amended health assessment of worker quashed

A major employer has failed to overturn a finding that an injured worker's health assessment should only apply to his current restricted role. In another case, a commissioner has found a worker was unfairly sacked after threatening to "go postal".


TUE
3:58PM

Anti-bullying jurisdiction extends beyond workers

In a case highlighting the broad reach of the Fair Work Act's anti-bullying provisions, a commissioner has found that a "worker" is entitled to apply for stop-bullying orders against a resort's residents and members of its bodies corporate.


TUE
1:12PM

Workers can be referred to company doctors before RTW

Employers are entitled to direct employees to attend a company-nominated doctor before returning to work after injury in circumstances where that return could create unacceptable health and safety risks, the Federal Court has ruled in a long-running dispute.


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