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With CFOs and other senior accountants being "very squarely labelled" as company officers under the model WHS Act, employers should ensure their accountants recognise the effect their decisions have on workplace health and safety, according to a corporate governance researcher.
Western Australia is more likely to overhaul its 30-year-old OSH Act - to include such concepts as the PCBU - than introduce mirror WHS laws, according to a workplace health and safety lawyer. The State Government says it will reveal its plans soon.
Two Queensland workers who were assaulted by colleagues have lost their breach of contract claims, after the District Court found the attacks weren't reasonably foreseeable.
Federal Liberal Senator Eric Abetz is likely to be tasked with overseeing the model WHS Act and industrial relations, following the Coalition's comprehensive election win on the weekend.
Employers should think very carefully before signing statements made to safety inspectors following incidents, with inspectors' coercive powers under the model WHS Act potentially leading to "unmeritorious" decisions to prosecute, an OHS lawyer warns.
Revised WHS construction Code released for comment; Vic launches firefighter hotline as "presumptive" laws progress in Tas; and Nanomaterials project opens the door to effective toxicity testing.
Company officers will be explicitly prohibited from taking out insurance policies for OHS fines, under a proposal to the Federal Government by South Australia's Attorney-General.
