A workplace bully has been defined - in the Fair Work Amendment Bill introduced to Parliament this morning - as an individual (or group of individuals) who "repeatedly behaves unreasonably towards" a worker or a group of workers, creating a risk to health and safety.
PM promises bullying-related Fair Work change by July; New regulations for dependants of dust-disease victims begin soon; Rail Safety National Law Bill introduced in Victoria; and Road Safety Remuneration rules take effect.
Employers should have a formal process for receiving prohibition and improvement notices and determining whether to have them reviewed, according to Norton Rose Lawyers partner Barry Sherriff.
Right of entry provisions to change; Queensland unions demand answers over delay of workers' comp review; NSW worker fatally struck by reversing loader; ACT offers funds for workplace health and wellbeing initiatives; and South Australian Return to Work Awards open.
Heavy vehicle amendment Bill passes Queensland Parliament; SWA releases new WHS guides on health monitoring; Western Australian resources sector records first ever fatality-free year; and WorkSafe Victoria investigating fall death.
Workers who believe they're being bullied by colleagues or managers will be able to turn to the Fair Work Commission for help, under an early-intervention strategy flagged by the Federal Government today.
Are the officers of a PCBU required - under s27(5)(a) of the model WHS Act - to be aware of a study on hazards relating to their industry that is published in a Russian or a Brazilian journal?
Workers will be free to make offensive remarks about their co-workers' favourite football teams, under a Government plan to remove a provision of its anti-discrimination Bill that could have restricted free speech. Also in this article, safety alerts have been issued after two workplace explosions and a fatality.
PCBUs should identify all workers responsible for gathering and analysing safety information - as required by the model WHS Act - and clarify the role in job descriptions, according to OHS lawyer Barry Sherriff.
Harmonised WHS Acts have commenced in South Australia and Tasmania, while in other jurisdictions new Codes of Practice have taken effect, and some transitional arrangements have expired or been extended.
