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South Australia will introduce its own legislation to eliminate "rogue" labour-hire companies, after an investigation into workers' comp premiums found hundreds of millions of dollars in remuneration discrepancies.
The harmonised WHS Act in NSW is being amended to include new penalty notice offences to crackdown on high recidivism rates, and to give safety regulators extraterritorial powers.
Employers should consider eliminating quick returns (QRs) from shift schedules, with short rests between shifts increasing the likelihood of sick leave, according to European researchers.
In another case that appears to extend common law duty of care principles, a "non-employer" has been ordered to pay an injured labour-hire worker $1.35 million in damages, after its tagging failures allowed an unidentified person to interfere with vital equipment.
Employers are under increasing pressure to provide dust-free environments, with Queensland publishing its first quarterly report on dust levels in the coal industry. Meanwhile, regulators have issued a series of alerts after a stacked-materials death and a fatigue-related coronial inquest.
A series of workplace fatalities and a sudden spike in the national death toll have highlighted the importance of effective vehicle maintenance, traffic management, remote-work controls and other safety strategies, according to regulators and a coroner.
Only one in three women feel comfortable talking about menopause at work, and many would welcome having a workplace support person to talk to about the difficulties of working while menopausal, a major UK survey has revealed.
A site supervisor has been fined for failing to act on an identified height risk, after a worker fell five metres, while an assessor has been fined for certifying applicants for high-risk work licences as competent after they failed their tests.
A superior court has found a major employer harassed a female employee for suffering a gynaecological disability requiring extended absences, but stressed that employers aren't obliged to grant unpaid sick leave to such workers. Meanwhile, a s-xually-harassed apprentice has been awarded $30,000 in compensation.
