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One of three entities charged after the death of a teenager in the Work for the Dole (WFD) program has been handed less than 20 per cent of the maximum penalty for a category 3 WHS breach.
Male white-collar workers are the least physically active group of the ageing workforce, placing them at high risk of early disability retirement, European researchers say.
An employer has been ordered to pay an injured contractor workers' compensation, after an appeals court found the man surrendered his independence through working exclusively with the employer.
An employer that failed to train a worker how to safely exit his truck has been ordered to pay him $320,000 in damages, after he sustained incapacitating injuries jumping out of the cabin.
An employer supported the mental wellbeing of its workforce and reduced injuries, as it tripled in size over 18 months, by sharing funny but serious video "chats" that improved workplace relationships.
Industrial manslaughter laws will be introduced nationally through the formal harmonisation process, repeat WHS offenders will be refused government contracts, and the WHS Act will be amended to ban insurance against fines, if recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry are adopted.
Seven global "megatrends" will impact on the future of asbestos management and could lead to technological misuse or exposure risks being ignored, according to a CSIRO "innovation" scientist.
