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PCBUs should carefully assess their duty - under the model WHS Act - to consult with HSRs who represent cross-PCBU work groups, lawyers have advised.

The model WHS Act should be extended to the offshore petroleum industry to ensure HSRs in the sector are properly trained, unions have claimed, after the deaths of two workers on the Stena Clyde gas drilling rig in Bass Strait on Monday morning.

A Federal Court judge has fined a Rio Tinto subsidiary $35,500 for taking adverse action against a health and safety committee nominee, and stressed the employer had "no right to interfere" with the committee election process.

OHS managers paid more in Queensland than in Melbourne, Sydney; and Review urged to be serious on journey-claim restoration.

An HSE rep who was sacked after making numerous complaints about safety and managers, following a spate of workplace fatalities, has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected.

Convicted Qld employer's Kirk bid blocked again; and Sacked safety manager earned too much to claim unfair dismissal.

A fatality fine imposed on a Victorian employer, whose OHS manager allowed workers to disregard safety procedures, has been doubled to $500,000 on appeal.

Harmonisation sparks demand for OHS experts; and Employer fined $200k for isolation failure after electrocution.

OHS managers who are based in regions with buoyant resources sectors and have "thorough business understanding" can expect salaries of up to $220,000 a year, according to Robert Walters' latest salary survey.

SafeSearch's latest remuneration survey has found the gap in OHS salaries between the mining sector and other industries is closing for the first time in six years, and that safety professionals aren't particularly worried about the new work health and safety laws.