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Two of the first entities charged with reckless conduct under harmonised WHS laws have failed to overturn the charges, with a full court rejecting their claim that their duty to "other persons" was limited to the exact time of their alleged recklessness.
A judge has highlighted inconsistencies in a major employer's voluminous induction and training materials, in awarding a worker who fell off a "safety step" more than $1 million in damages.
Individuals exposed to disinfectants are twice as likely to suffer from asthma - than those not exposed to the substances - after relatively short periods of regular use, European researchers have found.
The Federal Government has introduced a Bill to align compensation laws with the national insurance scheme for catastrophically injured workers, and ensure older injured workers don't lose their benefits before they reach the pension age.
A ballooning company faces a WHS fine of up to $1.5 million, after a court quashed an earlier finding that a fatality was an aviation rather than workplace matter. Meanwhile, a school operator has been charged with a category 2 offence after a student was killed at a carnival.
A man has been convicted and fined $80,000 for WHS offences, after his failure to adopt identified safety controls led to a worker falling more than 10 metres and sustaining severe brain injuries.
The effect of stress on cortisol levels could explain the elevated risk of breast cancer among female white-collar workers, according to European researchers.
A man stabbed by his son when he went home to check work documents removed himself from the course of his employment when he exited and re-entered the house in the moments before the attack, a commission has ruled in a compensation dispute.
A major fast food chain has been convicted and fined $105,000 for WHS offences, after a 16-year old worker fell into a tank of hot oil left unattended by other inexperienced workers.
The Victorian Government has agreed, in principle, to adopt the national model WHS Act's broad definition of worker and consultation obligations, as recommended by a 2016 inquiry into the labour-hire sector.
